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
The last name Kijwa is most common in Uganda. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kijwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most frequent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. Kijwa is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Kijwa live; 75 percent live in East Africa and 63 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Kijwa is most frequent in Uganda, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 6,506,546. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Mubende District, where 33 percent are found, Hoima District, where 17 percent are found and Mpigi District, where 17 percent are found. Outside of Uganda it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 13 percent are found and Thailand, where 13 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
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- 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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