Kijere Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Kijere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Kijere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kijere Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kijere occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kijere? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,213,395th most numerous last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kijere are found; 93 percent are found in East Africa and 79 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname Kijere is most frequent in Uganda, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 3,003,021. In Uganda Kijere is primarily found in: Mbale District, where 85 percent are found and Kasese District, where 15 percent are found. Barring Uganda this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Kijere
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