Kunigwa Surname

1,727,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 112 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kunigwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kunigwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1111:476,95132,497
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Kunigwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kunigwa occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kunigwa? popularity and diffusion

Kunigwa is the 1,727,723rd most numerous family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 65,067,374 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kunigwa reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 111 people, or 1 in 476,951. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Mwanza Region, where 98 percent live, Mara Region, where 1 percent live and Shinyanga Region, where 1 percent live. Not including Tanzania this surname is found in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kinigwa86113/
Kunjgwa861/
Kougnigua751/
Kinugwa712/
Kinikwa711/
Kunigbo711/
Kounigui678/
Khunjgua671/
Kounnigui637/
Kinekwa573/
Kunukua571/
Kunique571/
Kinukwa571/
Koenigue537/
Khonigue531/

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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 Kunigwa
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