Kitegwa Surname
Approximately 125 people bear this surname
Kitegwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 104 | 1:509,054 | 33,766 |
| Uganda | 21 | 1:1,859,013 | 62,128 |
Kitegwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kitegwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kitegwa is found most in Tanzania. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kitegwa? popularity and diffusion
Kitegwa is the 1,612,213th most numerous surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 58,300,367 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kitegwa live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 104 people, or 1 in 509,054. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Kagera Region, where 90 percent live, Mwanza Region, where 9 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 1 percent live. Apart from Tanzania it is found in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 17 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kithengwa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kitigwa | 86 | 305 | / |
| Kitagwa | 86 | 34 | / |
| Kutegwa | 86 | 27 | / |
| Kitegwe | 86 | 13 | / |
| Kitogwa | 86 | 10 | / |
| Kitaigwa | 80 | 4 | / |
| Kitaggwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kithigwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kitakwa | 71 | 112 | / |
| Kutekwa | 71 | 64 | / |
| Ketekwa | 71 | 28 | / |
| Ketegwe | 71 | 6 | / |
| Kitegui | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kitokwa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kitikwa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kutogwa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kitigwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kitekwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kitagua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kutigwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kutagwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kithikwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chitegwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kithakwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Koitegue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chitigwa | 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
- 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 Kitegwa
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