Kikwaya Surname
Approximately 119 people bear this surname
Kikwaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Uganda | 52 | 1:750,755 | 36,601 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kikwaya (22) may also be a first name.
Kikwaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kikwaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kikwaya occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kikwaya.
How Common Is The Last Name Kikwaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,666,404th most frequently used surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 61,239,882 people. The surname Kikwaya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kikwaya reside; 53 percent reside in East Africa and 52 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kikwaya is also the 2,301,746th most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 22 people.
The last name Kikwaya is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 1,343,265. Without taking into account The DR Congo Kikwaya occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 44 percent are found and Tanzania, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kikway | 92 | 2 | / |
| Kikuaya | 86 | 150 | / |
| Kigwaya | 86 | 84 | / |
| Kikwayi | 86 | 5 | / |
| Kikwaja | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kickway | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kikwayo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kikweya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kikwai | 77 | 2,498 | / |
| Kikwau | 77 | 167 | / |
| Kukway | 77 | 4 | / |
| Khinkwayo | 75 | 6 | / |
| Kikuayi | 71 | 41 | / |
| Kugwaya | 71 | 7 | / |
| Kikwiye | 71 | 5 | / |
| Kikweha | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kikweja | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kukuaya | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kukwayi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kigwaja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kikweyi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kekwayo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cikweya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kukwuya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kigweya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chikwayi | 67 | 436 | / |
| Chigwaya | 67 | 38 | / |
| Chikwayo | 67 | 11 | / |
| Chikwaja | 67 | 10 | / |
| Chickway | 67 | 3 | / |
| Quickway | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Kikwaya
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