Kikiwe Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Kikiwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kikiwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kikiwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kikiwe has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kikiwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kikiwe is the 5,391,485th most commonly held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. Kikiwe is primarily found in Oceania, where 92 percent of Kikiwe live; 92 percent live in Oceania Islands and 92 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
The surname Kikiwe is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 679,476. In Papua New Guinea Kikiwe is most frequent in: Eastern Highlands, where 50 percent live and Northern, where 50 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kikiwei | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kikuwe | 83 | 268 | / |
| Kikiwa | 83 | 152 | / |
| Kikive | 83 | 46 | / |
| Kikewe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kikawei | 77 | 26 | / |
| Kikieva | 77 | 6 | / |
| Kaikawe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kekiwei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kikkive | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kikiwai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kaikieva | 71 | 5 | / |
| Khaikawe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kaikyowe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chikuiwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chikihwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kikuvi | 67 | 1,907 | / |
| Kikiva | 67 | 238 | / |
| Kikebi | 67 | 97 | / |
| Kekiwi | 67 | 64 | / |
| Kikuwi | 67 | 56 | / |
| Kukuwe | 67 | 31 | / |
| Kekawe | 67 | 12 | / |
| Kikivi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kekewe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kikywa | 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 Kikiwe
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