Kimakwa Surname
Approximately 194 people bear this surname
Kimakwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 182 | 1:253,736 | 17,193 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kimakwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kimakwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kimakwa occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kimakwa? popularity and diffusion
Kimakwa is the 1,210,518th most frequently used family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 37,564,670 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kimakwa live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Kimakwa is most common in Kenya, where it is borne by 182 people, or 1 in 253,736. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Bungoma County, where 92 percent reside, Trans Nzoia County, where 5 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 2 percent reside. Barring Kenya it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 5 percent reside and Tanzania, where 1 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 Kimakwa
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