Kigwaya Surname
Approximately 84 people bear this surname
Kigwaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Kigwaya (21) may also be a first name.
Kigwaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kigwaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kigwaya occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kigwaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,047,559th most common last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 86,756,499 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kigwaya live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 98 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Kigwaya is also the 2,368,944th most widely held given name at a global level, borne by 21 people.
This last name is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 82 people, or 1 in 900,970. Not including The DR Congo Kigwaya occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 1 percent are found and Tanzania, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kikwaya | 86 | 119 | / |
| Kugwaya | 86 | 7 | / |
| Kigwaja | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kigweya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Chigwaya | 80 | 38 | / |
| Kikway | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kigwai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kikuaya | 71 | 150 | / |
| Chigway | 71 | 72 | / |
| Kiguoya | 71 | 56 | / |
| Kigweja | 71 | 21 | / |
| Kegbaya | 71 | 17 | / |
| Kigweyi | 71 | 9 | / |
| Kikwayi | 71 | 5 | / |
| Kickway | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kaigbay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kikwayo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kikweya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kigwajo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Koigbay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kugweya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kikwaja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kigwiyo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chigwiya | 67 | 227 | / |
| Chiguaya | 67 | 21 | / |
| Chigweya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chigwayi | 67 | 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 Kigwaya
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