Kiwanuka Surname

16,329th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34,036 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Kiwanuka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kiwanuka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda32,8621:1,188131
Tanzania4691:112,88210,862
England2261:246,54020,052
Kenya1431:322,93619,861
United States1351:2,684,881161,220
DR Congo551:1,343,26579,223
Canada341:1,083,69479,951
South Africa261:2,083,75892,464
Sweden251:393,87027,867
Rwanda161:710,3112,071
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Iceland11:380,09011,096
France11:66,422,722504,397
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648

Kiwanuka (550) may also be a first name.

Kiwanuka Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kiwanuka is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kiwanuka? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 16,329th most frequent family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 214,113 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kiwanuka live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kiwanuka is also the 359,069th most prevalent forename world-wide, borne by 550 people.

Kiwanuka is most widespread in Uganda, where it is borne by 32,862 people, or 1 in 1,188. In Uganda Kiwanuka is most frequent in: Wakiso District, where 21 percent are found, Kampala District, where 11 percent are found and Mukono District, where 9 percent are found. Barring Uganda it occurs in 36 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Kiwanuka Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those holding the Kiwanuka surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered with the political party.

The amount Kiwanuka earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 83% more than the national average, earning R 434,868 per year; in United States they earn 2.35% less than the national average, earning $42,134 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.29% more than the national average, earning $51,316 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kiwanuuka9444/
Kiwaanuka942/
Kiwanukka942/
Kiwanukaa941/
Kiwasnuka941/
Kiwanika8819/
Kiwanuki881/
Kiwanuke881/
Chiwanuka824/
Kivaniko634/

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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 Kiwanuka
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