Kishiwa Surname
Approximately 7,123 people bear this surname
Kishiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 7,100 | 1:7,457 | 975 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
Kishiwa (1,040) may also be a first name.
Kishiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kishiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kishiwa is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kishiwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kishiwa is the 69,540th most frequently used surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 1,023,101 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kishiwa are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 248,543rd most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 1,040 people.
The last name Kishiwa is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 7,100 people, or 1 in 7,457. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Tabora Region, where 64 percent reside, Simiyu Region, where 17 percent reside and Shinyanga Region, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside and Japan, where 0 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 Kishiwa
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