Kisigwa Surname
Approximately 131 people bear this surname
Kisigwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 128 | 1:360,780 | 21,015 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Kisigwa Demographics
Kisigwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kisigwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kisigwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kisigwa is most common in Kenya. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kisigwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,565,797th most commonly used surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 55,630,121 people. The last name Kisigwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kisigwa are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 95 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Kisigwa is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 128 people, or 1 in 360,780. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 57 percent live, Trans Nzoia County, where 38 percent live and Vihiga County, where 3 percent live. Other than Kenya it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 2 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.
Kisigwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kishigwa | 93 | 2 | / |
| Kishighwa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kisikwa | 86 | 86 | / |
| Kesigwa | 86 | 12 | / |
| Kusigwa | 86 | 7 | / |
| Kizigwa | 86 | 2 | / |
| Kisegwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kisigua | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kushigwa | 80 | 39 | / |
| Kishikwa | 80 | 34 | / |
| Keizigwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kishinkwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kisekwa | 71 | 307 | / |
| Kisikwe | 71 | 111 | / |
| Kusikwa | 71 | 6 | / |
| Chizigwa | 67 | 165 | / |
| Kishekwa | 67 | 10 | / |
| Kissigue | 67 | 8 | / |
| Kissigbo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kissekwa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kishikwe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kishegwe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kidjikwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ketsigwo | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Kisigwa
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