Kiwale Surname
Approximately 6,937 people bear this surname
Kiwale Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 6,758 | 1:7,834 | 1,022 |
| Papua New Guinea | 125 | 1:65,230 | 8,500 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| India | 21 | 1:36,526,923 | 420,161 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kiwale (34) may also be a first name.
Kiwale Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kiwale Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kiwale occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiwale? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 71,204th most frequent last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,050,533 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kiwale live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,775,424th most frequently used forename world-wide It is held by 34 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 6,758 people, or 1 in 7,834. In Tanzania Kiwale is primarily found in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 19 percent are found, Njombe Region, where 17 percent are found and Iringa Region, where 16 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Kiwale
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