Kikwembe Surname

409,546th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 853 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kikwembe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kikwembe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania7351:72,0297,534
DR Congo1091:677,79449,381
Uganda91:4,337,69899,715

Kikwembe (85) may also be a first name.

Kikwembe Last Name Facts

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

Kikwembe is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kikwembe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 409,546th most frequently used family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 8,543,430 people. The surname Kikwembe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kikwembe reside; 87 percent reside in East Africa and 87 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kikwembe is also the 1,039,322nd most commonly used forename internationally, borne by 85 people.

It is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 735 people, or 1 in 72,029. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Rukwa Region, where 64 percent reside, Mbeya Region, where 24 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 9 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 13 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 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
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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 Kikwembe
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