Kinawa Surname
Approximately 598 people bear this surname
Kinawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 514 | 1:75,952 | 8,279 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| Malaysia | 25 | 1:1,179,769 | 51,323 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Kinawa (44) may also be a first name.
Kinawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kinawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kinawa occurs in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kinawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kinawa is the 538,129th most frequently held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 12,186,532 people. Kinawa is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Kinawa are found; 88 percent are found in East Africa and 86 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Kinawa is also the 1,525,482nd most commonly occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 44 people.
The last name Kinawa is most numerous in Uganda, where it is borne by 514 people, or 1 in 75,952. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Namutumba District, where 17 percent are found, Luuka District, where 16 percent are found and Mayuge District, where 15 percent are found. Not including Uganda it exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found and Malaysia, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Kinawa
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