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 occurs most in The DR Congo. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiwaya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 249,252nd most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 4,574,731 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kiwaya live; 82 percent live in Central Africa and 82 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Kiwaya is also the 470,492nd most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 344 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 1,300 people, or 1 in 56,830. Not including The DR Congo Kiwaya is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 12 percent are found and Burkina Faso, where 5 percent are found.
Kiwaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Kiwaya last name is principally 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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