Kiwanyi Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Kiwanyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Kiwanyi (7) may also be a first name.
Kiwanyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kiwanyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kiwanyi is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiwanyi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,117,718th most commonly occurring family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kiwanyi reside; 86 percent reside in East Africa and 86 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kiwanyi is also the 4,548,448th most frequently occurring given name world-wide, held by 7 people.
The surname Kiwanyi is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 7,807,856. In Uganda Kiwanyi is most frequent in: Buikwe District, where 20 percent live, Isingiro District, where 20 percent live and Kyankwanzi District, where 20 percent live. Outside of Uganda Kiwanyi is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 14 percent live and Tanzania, where 14 percent live.
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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 Kiwanyi
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