Kiwuwa Surname

725,073rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 401 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Kiwuwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kiwuwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda3911:99,84510,048
England41:13,929,515290,718
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kiwuwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kiwuwa is more frequently found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kiwuwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Kiwuwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 725,073rd most frequently held last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 18,173,431 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kiwuwa reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Kiwuwa is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is borne by 391 people, or 1 in 99,845. In Uganda Kiwuwa is most prevalent in: Wakiso District, where 35 percent live, Kampala District, where 19 percent live and Mukono District, where 8 percent live. Excluding Uganda Kiwuwa is found in 6 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kiwuuwa92348/
Kiwuswa9223/
Kaiwuwa921/
Kiwuba8314/
Kivuwa838/
Kuwuwa836/
Kiwouba772/
Kiwuswo771/
Kibuywa771/
Kiwuuwo771/
Kiwuuba771/
Kewuway771/
Chiwuhwa711/
Kivuva6710,592/
Kibuwi67189/
Kiwowo6727/
Kiwube673/
Kivuwo671/
Kivuwi671/
Kivuwe671/
Kuwuwo671/
Kibuva671/

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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 Kiwuwa
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