Kiluvya Surname

1,839,022nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 101 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kiluvya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kiluvya Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania931:569,26536,354
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479

Kiluvya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kiluvya is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kiluvya? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kiluvya is the 1,839,022nd most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 72,153,920 people. The surname Kiluvya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Kiluvya reside; 92 percent reside in East Africa and 92 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 93 people, or 1 in 569,265. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 89 percent reside, Kilimanjaro Region, where 4 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 4 percent reside. Not including Tanzania Kiluvya occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 4 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kiluvia86409/
Kuluvya862/
Kilubya861/
Chiluvya801/
Kuluvia712/
Kiluwia711/
Kilivia711/
Kelubia57306/
Kuluwia57248/
Kilobia5710/
Kelivia571/
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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 Kiluvya
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