Kikungwa Surname

1,173,425th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 203 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Kikungwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kikungwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1981:373,12932,235
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653

Kikungwa (62) may also be a first name.

Kikungwa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kikungwa Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kikungwa is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kikungwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,173,425th most frequent family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 35,899,241 people. The surname Kikungwa is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kikungwa reside; 98 percent reside in Central Africa and 98 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Kikungwa is also the 1,246,114th most frequently used first name throughout the world, borne by 62 people.

The last name is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is held by 198 people, or 1 in 373,129. Barring The DR Congo this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 1 percent are found and Tanzania, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kikungwe881,695/
Kikunggwe821/
Kikunngwe821/
Chikhungwa78315/
Kikongwe751/
Kikungue751/
Kucungwa751/
Chikungua7110/
Chikungwo711/
Chikunguo5926/
Ketkumkwa592/

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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 Kikungwa
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