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 occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiwaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kiwaye is the 1,620,164th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 58,770,532 people. It 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 surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 117 people, or 1 in 452,492. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Dodoma Region, where 91 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 8 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 1 percent are found. Not including Tanzania this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 6 percent are found.
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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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