Kilwake Surname

370,384th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 970 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kilwake Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kilwake 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
Kenya9591:48,1544,938
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iceland11:380,09011,096
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kilwake (165) may also be a first name.

Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Kilwake Demographics

Kilwake Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 21 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Kilwake Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kilwake occurs most in Kenya. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kilwake? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 370,384th most numerous family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 7,512,934 people. Kilwake is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kilwake live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 94 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 712,876th most frequently used first name globally. It is borne by 165 people.

The surname Kilwake is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 959 people, or 1 in 48,154. In Kenya Kilwake is most numerous in: Bungoma County, where 52 percent are found, Trans Nzoia County, where 19 percent are found and Kakamega County, where 15 percent are found. Besides Kenya this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Sudan, where 0 percent are found and Uganda, where 0 percent are found.

Kilwake Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Kilwake surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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
Kilwaki863/
Kiluake861/
Kilwakit80119/
Kilbak7766/
Kilback71298/
Klewaki7135/
Klewaka712/
Kelwakit6756/
Kelwaski6742/
Kilbaukh6726/
Killback674/
Kluak671/
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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 Kilwake
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