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 surname Kiwayi occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiwayi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 839,220th most widely held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 22,218,128 people. The surname Kiwayi is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kiwayi are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Kiwayi is also the 2,368,944th most common first name throughout the world, held by 21 people.
This surname is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 322 people, or 1 in 229,440. Outside of The DR Congo it exists in 3 countries. It is also common 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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