Kiwela Surname
Approximately 206 people bear this surname
Kiwela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 131 | 1:404,134 | 28,508 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
Kiwela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kiwela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kiwela is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Kiwela click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiwela? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,159,732nd most frequently used family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 35,376,436 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kiwela are found; 64 percent are found in East Africa and 64 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
Kiwela is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 404,134. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Rukwa Region, where 95 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 3 percent are found and Katavi Region, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 36 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 Kiwela
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