Kiyawa Surname
Approximately 268 people bear this surname
Kiyawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 126 | 1:1,405,895 | 54,600 |
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| Papua New Guinea | 44 | 1:185,312 | 25,733 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kiyawa (77) may also be a first name.
Kiyawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kiyawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kiyawa is found most in Nigeria. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiyawa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 968,490th most frequent surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 27,192,336 people. Kiyawa is predominantly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Kiyawa are found; 47 percent are found in West Africa and 47 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,100,117th most prevalent first name internationally. It is borne by 77 people.
Kiyawa is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 126 people, or 1 in 1,405,895. In Nigeria it is most common in: Jigawa, where 59 percent live, Kano, where 18 percent live and Zamfara, where 13 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 33 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent live.
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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 Kiyawa
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