Kikwesa Surname
Approximately 285 people bear this surname
Kikwesa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 144 | 1:513,053 | 40,658 |
| Tanzania | 136 | 1:389,277 | 27,871 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
Kikwesa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kikwesa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kikwesa is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kikwesa.
How Common Is The Last Name Kikwesa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kikwesa is the 926,175th most numerous surname in the world, held by around 1 in 25,570,337 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kikwesa live; 51 percent live in Central Africa and 51 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Kikwesa is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 144 people, or 1 in 513,053. Without taking into account The DR Congo it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 48 percent reside and Uganda, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kikwesha | 93 | 522 | / |
| Kikwasa | 86 | 189 | / |
| Kikwese | 86 | 91 | / |
| Kikweja | 86 | 4 | / |
| Kikweza | 86 | 2 | / |
| Kikwesi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kikuesa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kukwesa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kikwasha | 80 | 34 | / |
| Kikweshe | 80 | 22 | / |
| Kukwesha | 80 | 15 | / |
| Kikwisaya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kigwasa | 71 | 800 | / |
| Kikwaza | 71 | 55 | / |
| Kikwaso | 71 | 35 | / |
| Kigweja | 71 | 21 | / |
| Kigwisa | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kikwisi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kukwisa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kigweza | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kigwesi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kekwasa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kikwasho | 67 | 27 | / |
| Chigwesa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Kigwezia | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kigbessa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kukuesha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kuigwasa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kigwassa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kikwishi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chikwesi | 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 Kikwesa
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