Kivuruga Surname
Approximately 811 people bear this surname
Kivuruga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 431 | 1:122,834 | 11,635 |
| DR Congo | 376 | 1:196,488 | 19,671 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kivuruga (133) may also be a first name.
Kivuruga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kivuruga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kivuruga occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kivuruga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 426,196th most frequently occurring family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 8,985,877 people. The surname Kivuruga occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kivuruga live; 54 percent live in East Africa and 54 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kivuruga is also the 804,402nd most widespread given name worldwide It is held by 133 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 431 people, or 1 in 122,834. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Tabora Region, where 80 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 13 percent reside and Iringa Region, where 2 percent reside. Other than Tanzania Kivuruga is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 46 percent reside and Uganda, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kivurunga | 94 | 21 | / |
| Kavuruga | 88 | 126 | / |
| Civuruga | 88 | 96 | / |
| Kivurugo | 88 | 73 | / |
| Kivuruka | 88 | 4 | / |
| Chivuruga | 82 | 151 | / |
| Kiburugha | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kavurga | 80 | 276 | / |
| Kivriga | 80 | 13 | / |
| Kifurugo | 75 | 95 | / |
| Kiviriga | 75 | 30 | / |
| Kiveriga | 75 | 4 | / |
| Kivrak | 71 | 14,860 | / |
| Chivurugo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kyifuruka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Koverga | 67 | 130 | / |
| Kovryga | 67 | 111 | / |
| Kiviorg | 67 | 64 | / |
| Kavurka | 67 | 59 | / |
| Kveraga | 67 | 20 | / |
| Kaverga | 67 | 9 | / |
| Kivraki | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kavarga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kiavouraki | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kivourk | 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 Kivuruga
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