Kiguwa Surname
Approximately 235 people bear this surname
Kiguwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 225 | 1:173,508 | 14,645 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
Kiguwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kiguwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kiguwa occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiguwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kiguwa is the 1,061,269th most widely held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 31,010,834 people. Kiguwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kiguwa live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Kiguwa is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 225 people, or 1 in 173,508. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Kamuli District, where 55 percent are found, Luuka District, where 15 percent are found and Buyende District, where 14 percent are found. Barring Uganda this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent are found and South Africa, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kiguuwa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kigguwa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kaiguwa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kigiwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Chiguwa | 77 | 144 | / |
| Kighuba | 77 | 31 | / |
| Kaiguwe | 77 | 4 | / |
| Kigguba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Chiguwha | 71 | 8 | / |
| Keguva | 67 | 9 | / |
| Kuguva | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kygiwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kigube | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kigowe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kigubi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kugiwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kegauwe | 62 | 50 | / |
| Chiguwi | 62 | 12 | / |
| Cheguwa | 62 | 12 | / |
| Chiguva | 62 | 10 | / |
| Chiguwo | 62 | 4 | / |
| Chiguwe | 62 | 1 | / |
| Chiguhwi | 57 | 9 | / |
| Cheguwah | 57 | 2 | / |
| Chiguhwe | 57 | 1 | / |
| Keanguva | 57 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kiguwa
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