Kimaswa Surname

585,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 534 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Kimaswa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kimaswa 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
Uganda5141:75,9528,279
Kenya191:2,430,52136,895
England11:55,718,059489,080

Kimaswa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kimaswa occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kimaswa.

How Common Is The Last Name Kimaswa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kimaswa is the 585,898th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 13,647,090 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kimaswa live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 54 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is borne by 514 people, or 1 in 75,952. In Uganda Kimaswa is mostly found in: Bududa District, where 42 percent live, Manafwa District, where 38 percent live and Mbale District, where 9 percent live. Outside of Uganda Kimaswa occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 4 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

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
Kimaswai9311/
Kimashwa931/
Kumaswa861/
Kimasua861/
Kemaswa861/
Chimaswa802/
Kimeshwa802/
Kimaswoch751/
Kemasva717/
Chemaswa676/
Chimoswa672/
Kemeswo571/
Kimeshua534/
Chemaswe532/
Kimachui532/
Chemoswa531/
Kemasuod531/
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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 Kimaswa
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