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 found most in Tanzania. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kilawe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kilawe is the 98,135th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,508,184 people. Kilawe is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kilawe reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
It is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 4,757 people, or 1 in 11,129. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 41 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 22 percent reside and Dodoma Region, where 6 percent reside. Barring Tanzania Kilawe exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 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
- 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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