Kigwe Surname

620,716th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 495 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Uganda

Kigwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kigwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2561:206,80317,522
Uganda2091:186,79115,356
Cameroon161:1,298,06776,941
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Kenya61:7,696,65052,907
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Kigwe (25) may also be a first name.

Kigwe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kigwe Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kigwe is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kigwe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 620,716th most frequently occurring family name globally It is held by around 1 in 14,722,315 people. The surname Kigwe occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kigwe are found; 95 percent are found in East Africa and 95 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most frequent forename on earth It is held by 25 people.

It is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 256 people, or 1 in 206,803. In Tanzania Kigwe is mostly concentrated in: Tabora Region, where 49 percent live, Tanga Region, where 47 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 2 percent live. Not including Tanzania this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 42 percent live and Cameroon, where 3 percent live.

Kigwe Last Name Statistics demography

Kigwe earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 37.03% more than the national average, earning $59,125 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kiggwe91712/
Kiogwe91205/
Kigwei9155/
Kigwed912/
Koigwe912/
Kigwwe911/
Kigwet911/
Kaigwe911/
Keigwe911/
Kigwehe8386/
Kigwieh831/
Koingwe831/
Kikwe801,004/
Kigwa80898/
Kigue80398/
Kegwe804/
Kigwi801/
Kugwe801/
Chigwe731,443/
Kaigwa73487/
Kuigwa7392/
Kiekwe7374/
Kigwio7356/
Kiggwa7328/
Kiguhe7315/
Kaigue7314/
Kyogwe731/
Kigwit731/
Ckikwe731/
Keagwe731/
Keugwe731/
Kigbeh731/
Kigoue731/
Kigwai731/
Kiegwa731/
Kaigbei671/
Kygw671/
Khaigwa671/
Kigwaja671/
Kikwesh671/
Kaiggwa671/
Keingue671/
Chigwue671/
Kighver671/

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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 Kigwe
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis