Kilego Surname

1,189,614th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 199 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Botswana
Highest density in:
Botswana

Kilego Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kilego Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Botswana1821:12,0162,280
Uganda131:3,003,02181,551
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Kilego (76) may also be a first name.

Kilego Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kilego Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kilego is more frequently found in Botswana than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kilego.

How Common Is The Last Name Kilego? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kilego is the 1,189,614th most frequent surname in the world, held by around 1 in 36,620,834 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kilego are found; 92 percent are found in Southern Africa and 92 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,107,702nd most frequent first name internationally It is held by 76 people.

Kilego is most widespread in Botswana, where it is held by 182 people, or 1 in 12,016. Barring Botswana this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 7 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kiligo83336/
Kulego83291/
Kilega83218/
Kilago83103/
Kilogo8347/
Kelego8311/
Kilegha7710/
Kelegou776/
Kilogho774/
Kilegga774/
Kileega772/
Kailogo771/
Kiligho771/
Kelegoa771/
Kailago771/
Kilogoi771/
Kilicgoz7122/
Kailagou711/
Kilaga671,766/
Kulago67893/
Kiliga67253/
Kulega67193/
Kiloga6795/
Kelega6777/
Kulogo6716/
Kelogo678/
Kuligo673/
Kelago672/
Ciligo671/
Qilega671/
Cilega671/

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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 Kilego
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