Kihama Surname
Approximately 259 people bear this surname
Kihama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 133 | 1:398,057 | 28,212 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Kihama (40) may also be a first name.
Kihama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kihama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kihama is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kihama? popularity and diffusion
It is the 990,978th most numerous family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 28,137,243 people. The surname Kihama occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kihama reside; 53 percent reside in East Africa and 53 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kihama is also the 1,614,485th most common first name at a global level It is held by 40 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 133 people, or 1 in 398,057. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Mwanza Region, where 68 percent live, Geita Region, where 7 percent live and Kigoma Region, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania Kihama exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 45 percent live and Uganda, where 2 percent live.
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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 Kihama
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