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
The last name Kilawe is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kilawe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kilawe is the 98,135th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,508,184 people. The surname Kilawe occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kilawe live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Kilawe is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 4,757 people, or 1 in 11,129. In Tanzania Kilawe is most frequent in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 41 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 22 percent are found and Dodoma Region, where 6 percent are found. Other than Tanzania it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.
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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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