Kiwayi Surname
Approximately 328 people bear this surname
Kiwayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 322 | 1:229,440 | 22,327 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Kiwayi (21) may also be a first name.
Kiwayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kiwayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kiwayi occurs most in The DR Congo. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiwayi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 839,220th most frequent family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,218,128 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kiwayi live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 98 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 21 people.
This last name is most common in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 322 people, or 1 in 229,440. Without taking into account The DR Congo Kiwayi exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 1 percent are found and The Congo, where 0 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 Kiwayi
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