Kiwali Surname

487,389th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 681 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kiwali Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kiwali Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania6501:81,4498,351
Papua New Guinea281:291,20439,406
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kiwali Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kiwali (Hindi: किवली) is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kiwali? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kiwali is the 487,389th most frequent family name globally It is held by around 1 in 10,701,242 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Kiwali reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 650 people, or 1 in 81,449. In Tanzania Kiwali is primarily found in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 51 percent reside, Rukwa Region, where 27 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kaiwali924/
Khiwali921/
Kiwaloi921/
Khiwalia861/
Kiwale836,937/
Kiwala835,095/
Kuwali831,132/
Kivali83751/
Kiwoli83304/
Kewali8312/
Kiwaly836/
Kiweli834/
Ciwali832/
Khivali77158/
Kaiwala77138/
Kuwalai7795/
Kiwaala7764/
Kiwalya7748/
Kiwalle7740/
Kewalia7736/
Chiwali7723/
Kiwaula7719/
Khewali7715/
Khiwala7713/
Kihwale778/
Koiwala777/
Kiwally777/
Kiwalla776/
Khiwale775/
Kiwaley775/
Kewalis774/
Kiwooli773/
Kaiwale773/
Kibalii771/
Kiouali771/
Kihwala771/
Kiwhale771/
Kihweli771/
Kiswale771/
Kivalia771/
Kibauli771/
Chiwalai7129/
Kaiwalla7110/
Khaiwale715/
Keiwalla711/
Khivalia711/
Koiwalay711/
Kejwalai711/
Kuivalai711/
Kiwele6715,893/
Kuwale67691/
Kivale67681/
Kiwola67235/
Kiwała67212/
Kiboli67210/
Kivala67199/
Kewale67195/
Kiwoly67157/
Civali6794/
Kuvali6761/
Kiveli6756/
Kuweli6731/
Kiwole6718/
Cewali6714/
Kevali676/
Kewala674/
Keweli673/
Kibaly672/
Kewoli671/
Qiwala671/
Kywala671/

Kiwali Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kiwali in the Hindi language
किवलीkivali-

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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 Kiwali
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