Kihinja Surname
Approximately 120 people bear this surname
Kihinja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 119 | 1:444,888 | 31,116 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kihinja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kihinja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kihinja occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kihinja.
How Common Is The Last Name Kihinja? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,658,108th most commonly held surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 60,729,549 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kihinja are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 119 people, or 1 in 444,888. In Tanzania Kihinja is most prevalent in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 81 percent reside, Kilimanjaro Region, where 3 percent reside and Pemba South Region, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kihinjas | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kiinja | 92 | 6 | / |
| Kuhinja | 86 | 79 | / |
| Kihenja | 86 | 28 | / |
| Kihinji | 86 | 9 | / |
| Kihinya | 86 | 5 | / |
| Kihinia | 86 | 4 | / |
| Chihinja | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kihuinia | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kienja | 77 | 66 | / |
| Kiinza | 77 | 10 | / |
| Kyinja | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kiinji | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kihenjo | 71 | 207 | / |
| Kihenya | 71 | 26 | / |
| Kihinge | 71 | 19 | / |
| Kihenia | 71 | 11 | / |
| Kijinji | 71 | 7 | / |
| Chienja | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kiinyaa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kiinyua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chiinja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chihinya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chienjai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kyisinza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kihineou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kehainya | 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 Kihinja
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