Kijwa Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Kijwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Kijwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kijwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kijwa is found most in Uganda. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kijwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kijwa is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Kijwa is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of Kijwa are found; 75 percent are found in East Africa and 63 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
Kijwa is most numerous in Uganda, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 6,506,546. In Uganda Kijwa is most frequent in: Mubende District, where 33 percent reside, Hoima District, where 17 percent reside and Mpigi District, where 17 percent reside. Other than Uganda Kijwa is found in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 13 percent reside and Thailand, where 13 percent reside.
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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 Kijwa
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