Kimwere Surname
Approximately 264 people bear this surname
Kimwere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 259 | 1:178,301 | 13,436 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
Kimwere (14) may also be a first name.
Kimwere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kimwere Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kimwere is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kimwere? popularity and diffusion
It is the 978,274th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 27,604,341 people. The last name Kimwere is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kimwere live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kimwere is also the 3,024,661st most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 14 people.
This last name is most widely held in Kenya, where it is held by 259 people, or 1 in 178,301. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Tharaka Nithi County, where 37 percent reside, Meru County, where 28 percent reside and Kiambu County, where 27 percent reside. Beside Kenya it exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kimweire | 93 | 7 | / |
| Kimwaere | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kimwer | 92 | 2 | / |
| Kimweri | 86 | 6,094 | / |
| Kimwera | 86 | 108 | / |
| Kimwery | 86 | 12 | / |
| Kemwere | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kumwere | 86 | 1 | / |
| Chimwere | 80 | 411 | / |
| Kimwoire | 80 | 4 | / |
| Cimwerhe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kimweera | 80 | 1 | / |
| Koimbere | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kumweire | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kimwarey | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kimwarei | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kimwari | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kemmwer | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kumuere | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chimvere | 67 | 235 | / |
| Chimweri | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kumwoire | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chimwire | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chimwaire | 63 | 7 | / |
| Khumwaree | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kimuhaire | 63 | 1 | / |
| Cimver | 62 | 2 | / |
| Kemuer | 62 | 0 | / |
| Quimber | 57 | 36 | / |
| Kimuira | 57 | 3 | / |
| Kumvare | 57 | 1 | / |
| Kumwari | 57 | 1 | / |
| Kimviri | 57 | 1 | / |
| Kemmber | 57 | 0 | / |
| Chemwire | 53 | 5 | / |
| Kemwarai | 53 | 5 | / |
| Quimberi | 53 | 1 | / |
| Kembaire | 53 | 1 | / |
| Kyomuhire | 50 | 2 | / |
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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 Kimwere
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis