Kikwesha Surname
Approximately 522 people bear this surname
Kikwesha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 520 | 1:101,811 | 9,968 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kikwesha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kikwesha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kikwesha occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kikwesha? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 596,518th most numerous surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 13,960,816 people. The surname Kikwesha is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kikwesha reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Kikwesha is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 520 people, or 1 in 101,811. In Tanzania Kikwesha is mostly found in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 31 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 29 percent are found and Tanga Region, where 20 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kikwesa | 93 | 285 | / |
| Kikwasha | 88 | 34 | / |
| Kikweshe | 88 | 22 | / |
| Kukwesha | 88 | 15 | / |
| Kikwasa | 80 | 189 | / |
| Kikwese | 80 | 91 | / |
| Kikweza | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kikwesi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kikuesa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kukwesa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kikwasho | 75 | 27 | / |
| Kikwishi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kukuesha | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chigwesha | 71 | 11 | / |
| Kikwitshi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kikwisaya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kigwasa | 67 | 800 | / |
| Kikwaso | 67 | 35 | / |
| Kigwisa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kukwisa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kigweza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kigwesi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kikwisi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kekwasa | 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
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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 Kikwesha
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