Kiwaya Surname
Approximately 1,593 people bear this surname
Kiwaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,300 | 1:56,830 | 6,798 |
| Tanzania | 186 | 1:284,632 | 22,243 |
| Burkina Faso | 82 | 1:223,806 | 4,643 |
| Kenya | 13 | 1:3,552,300 | 39,474 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kiwaya (344) may also be a first name.
Kiwaya Demographics
Kiwaya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kiwaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kiwaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kiwaya is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of Kiwaya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiwaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 249,252nd most widespread surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,574,731 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kiwaya reside; 82 percent reside in Central Africa and 82 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 470,492nd most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, held by 344 people.
Kiwaya is most common in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 1,300 people, or 1 in 56,830. Outside of The DR Congo this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 12 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 5 percent reside.
Kiwaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Kiwaya surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Kiwaya
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