Kiwaga Surname

1,333,288th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 168 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kiwaga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kiwaga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania801:661,77039,157
DR Congo751:985,06164,020
Uganda131:3,003,02181,551

Kiwaga (75) may also be a first name.

Kiwaga Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kiwaga Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kiwaga is most common in Tanzania. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kiwaga? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,333,288th most numerous surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 43,378,250 people. The surname Kiwaga occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kiwaga live; 55 percent live in East Africa and 55 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kiwaga is also the 1,116,575th most frequent forename internationally It is held by 75 people.

This last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 80 people, or 1 in 661,770. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Morogoro Region, where 94 percent reside, Rukwa Region, where 5 percent reside and Iringa Region, where 1 percent reside. Besides Tanzania Kiwaga exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 45 percent reside and Uganda, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kihwaga92654/
Kiwagga922/
Kaiwanga86106/
Kihwanga8662/
Kishwaga867/
Kiwagi837/
Kiwago837/
Kivaga835/
Kuwaga832/
Kewaga832/
Kivanga77655/
Kiwonga7725/
Chiwaga7710/
Ciwanga774/
Kibagha774/
Keiwagi773/
Kiwogga773/
Kiswago773/
Kiwangi772/
Khuwaga772/
Kywanga772/
Kihuaga772/
Kiwange772/
Kiswagi771/
Kijwega771/
Kaywaga771/
Kaiwage771/
Kibaiga771/
Kibaaga771/
Keibaga771/
Kajwanga7192/
Kiwangoi711/
Chiwagga711/
Kaivanga711/
Kishwage711/
Kihuanga711/
Kihwango711/
Kiwounga711/
Kuwago671,686/
Kivega6758/
Kewage6710/
Kewagi6710/
Kevaga6710/
Kivagi677/
Kuvaga674/
Civaga672/
Kiwogo672/
Kivago672/
Kuwoga671/
Kuwega671/
Kajjwanga671/

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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 Kiwaga
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