Kikwiye Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Kikwiye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Kikwiye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kikwiye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kikwiye is most common in Tanzania. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kikwiye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,193,072nd most commonly occurring last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Kikwiye reside; 80 percent reside in East Africa and 80 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Kikwiye is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 13,235,403. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Kigoma Region, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in England, where 20 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 Kikwiye
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