Kusiwa Surname

1,290,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 176 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Kusiwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kusiwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1311:130,68014,293
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Kusiwa (198) may also be a first name.

Kusiwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kusiwa is most common in Malawi. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kusiwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,290,735th most numerous family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 41,406,511 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kusiwa live; 75 percent live in Southern Africa and 75 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kusiwa is also the 644,447th most frequent first name world-wide, held by 198 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Without taking into account Malawi it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 23 percent live and Tanzania, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kausiwa922,357/
Kusiwaa92696/
Kushiwa925/
Kussiwa921/
Kusiwah921/
Kusiwaah863/
Kousiswa861/
Kushaiwa861/
Kaushiwa861/
Kuziwa831,542/
Kisiwa831,042/
Kusewa8347/
Kusiwe838/
Kusiva835/
Kosiwa834/
Kugiwa831/
Kushishwa801/
Kishiwa777,123/
Kisiwaa77765/
Kissiwa77171/
Kisaiwa7760/
Kudziwa7728/
Kusaywa7723/
Kossiwa7722/
Koshiwa7714/
Kusivai7712/
Kusieva778/
Kushiva777/
Kuchiwa776/
Kausiwo775/
Kuseewa774/
Kusiwei771/
Kusojwa771/
Kusisua771/
Kushiwo771/
Kusaiva771/
Kuseswa771/
Kausiwe771/
Khusiwe771/
Kisiway771/
Kusewah771/
Kissiwaa711,734/
Kushieva7181/
Kaushiva7151/
Kucheswa7113/
Koshiway7113/
Kusewaha718/
Kushivah718/
Kisiwaah716/
Khushiwe715/
Kussieva714/
Khusieva714/
Kissiwah712/
Koussiwi711/
Koutsiva711/
Koudjiwa711/
Kushewah711/
Kutsieva711/
Kisiva67193/
Kuseva67151/
Kuziva67100/
Kisewa6744/
Kugewa6730/
Khutsieva6729/
Khushieva6725/
Kusevi6724/
Kuciba6720/
Kosiwe6712/
Kusivi6710/
Kizewa678/
Kosewa677/
Kushewaha676/
Kusewo674/
Cosiwa674/
Kissiwaah672/
Kuschieva672/
Kusjva671/
Kiziwa671/
Kuziwi671/
Kuyshieva671/
Kushivaha671/
Cusiba671/
Kujiwo671/
Koziwa671/

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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 Kusiwa
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