Kiwesa Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kiwesa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kiwesa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Kiwesa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kiwesa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kiwesa occurs most in Tanzania. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kiwesa.

How Common Is The Last Name Kiwesa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,117,718th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kiwesa live; 86 percent live in East Africa and 86 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Kiwesa is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 10,588,323. In Tanzania Kiwesa is most frequent in: Morogoro Region, where 20 percent live. Outside of Tanzania it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 14 percent live and Uganda, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kiwessa921/
Kiweesa921/
Kiwesi83460/
Kiwasa83125/
Kiwisa83117/
Kuwesa8326/
Kiwese8321/
Kivesa8310/
Kiweza832/
Kiwosa831/
Kiweesi77283/
Chiwesa77208/
Kiwasha77122/
Kiweshe7762/
Kiweshi7755/
Kiwissa779/
Kivessa775/
Kiwisha774/
Kuiwisa771/
Kewiesa771/
Kiwassa771/
Kiwesit771/
Kewesia771/
Kievisa771/
Kihweza771/
Kiswese771/
Kiswesi771/
Kiswisa771/
Kiwessi771/
Kiwisza771/
Kiwossa771/
Kewessa771/
Chiwesha7178/
Kiveysha7124/
Kaiwassa712/
Kewiessa712/
Kiweessi711/
Kiveisha711/
Kiwassay711/
Kuwisa67325/
Kuvesa67318/
Kiwise67224/
Kibesi67182/
Kivesi67141/
Kuwasa67129/
Kiwaza6770/
Kuvisa6763/
Kiwoso6748/
Kewesi6739/
Kuweza6736/
Kevisa6736/
Kuweso6722/
Kewasa6722/
Kuwosa6717/
Kewisa6712/
Kivisa6710/
Keweza678/
Kiwisi674/
Kiwazo672/
Kivasa672/
Cewesa672/
Kewese671/
Kiweze671/
Kiwiza671/
Kivesy671/
Kiwoza671/
Kyweza671/
Chiweshea671/
Keweso671/
Kivosa671/
Kiwaso671/

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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
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  • 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 Kiwesa
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