Kivuvu Surname
Approximately 1,285 people bear this surname
Kivuvu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,266 | 1:58,357 | 6,965 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kivuvu (77) may also be a first name.
Kivuvu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kivuvu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kivuvu occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kivuvu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 296,768th most commonly held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 5,671,242 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kivuvu reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 99 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,100,117th most frequently occurring forename at a global level. It is borne by 77 people.
Kivuvu is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is held by 1,266 people, or 1 in 58,357. Outside of The DR Congo this last name exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Angola, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, 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 Kivuvu
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