Kinyangwa Surname
Approximately 118 people bear this surname
Kinyangwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 114 | 1:342,450 | 22,679 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Kinyangwa (14) may also be a first name.
Kinyangwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kinyangwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kinyangwa is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kinyangwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kinyangwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,674,734th most numerous surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 61,758,864 people. The surname Kinyangwa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kinyangwa live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kinyangwa is also the 3,024,661st most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 14 people.
The surname Kinyangwa is most numerous in Uganda, where it is carried by 114 people, or 1 in 342,450. In Uganda Kinyangwa is most prevalent in: Kasese District, where 67 percent are found, Kabarole District, where 21 percent are found and Bundibugyo District, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Uganda this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kinyongwa | 89 | 2 | / |
| Kenyangwa | 89 | 1 | / |
| Kinyangwe | 89 | 1 | / |
| Kunyang'wa | 84 | 4 | / |
| Kunyangwe | 78 | 51 | / |
| Kinyankwi | 78 | 11 | / |
| Kinyangui | 78 | 4 | / |
| Kinyongwe | 78 | 2 | / |
| Kunyongwa | 78 | 1 | / |
| Kenyangwe | 78 | 1 | / |
| Kainhangwe | 74 | 1 | / |
| Kinyankui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chinjankwa | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kiniongui | 56 | 133 | / |
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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 Kinyangwa
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