Kivuvu Surname

296,768th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,285 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Kivuvu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kivuvu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1,2661:58,3576,965
Angola91:2,998,8024,903
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

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.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kivouvou86189/
Kivubu832/
Kivivu832/
Kivouvoux804/
Chivuvu77107/
Chivhuvhu677/
Kiwuwu674/
Kibuwu671/
Kivowu671/
Kibuubu621/

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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 Kivuvu
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