Kiwaye Surname
Approximately 124 people bear this surname
Kiwaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 117 | 1:452,492 | 31,593 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
Kiwaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kiwaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kiwaye is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiwaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,620,164th most commonly used surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 58,770,532 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kiwaye reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is carried by 117 people, or 1 in 452,492. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Dodoma Region, where 91 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 8 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 1 percent reside. Not including Tanzania this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Kiwaye
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