Kilawe Surname
Approximately 4,832 people bear this surname
Kilawe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 4,757 | 1:11,129 | 1,447 |
| Papua New Guinea | 47 | 1:173,483 | 24,058 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kilawe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kilawe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kilawe is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kilawe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 98,135th most numerous surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,508,184 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kilawe reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 4,757 people, or 1 in 11,129. In Tanzania Kilawe is most numerous in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 41 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 22 percent live and Dodoma Region, where 6 percent live. Besides Tanzania this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.
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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 Kilawe
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