Kuziwa Surname
Approximately 1,542 people bear this surname
Kuziwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,434 | 1:36,919 | 4,280 |
| Zimbabwe | 107 | 1:144,283 | 18,537 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Kuziwa (1,240) may also be a first name.
Kuziwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kuziwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kuziwa is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kuziwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 255,797th most frequent last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 4,726,035 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kuziwa live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kuziwa is also the 224,420th most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 1,240 people.
It is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,434 people, or 1 in 36,919. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Tanga Region, where 57 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 23 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 9 percent reside. Not including Tanzania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 7 percent reside and Sweden, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kudziwa | 92 | 28 | / |
| Kusiwa | 83 | 176 | / |
| Kuziva | 83 | 100 | / |
| Kugiwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Koziwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kuziwi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kiziwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kuzieva | 77 | 4,469 | / |
| Kausiwa | 77 | 2,357 | / |
| Kusiwaa | 77 | 696 | / |
| Kutsiwa | 77 | 45 | / |
| Kozaiwa | 77 | 33 | / |
| Kuzhiwo | 77 | 32 | / |
| Kuchiwa | 77 | 6 | / |
| Kudziba | 77 | 5 | / |
| Khuziwe | 77 | 4 | / |
| Kauziva | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kuzihwi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kuzibah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kusiwah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kurzywa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kodziwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Khuzieva | 71 | 350 | / |
| Kuzhieva | 71 | 86 | / |
| Kurzieva | 71 | 10 | / |
| Khouziba | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kusiwaah | 71 | 3 | / |
| Koudjiwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khuzibah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kousiswa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kisiwa | 67 | 1,042 | / |
| Kuzeva | 67 | 1,012 | / |
| Kuzyva | 67 | 67 | / |
| Kurzhieva | 67 | 60 | / |
| Kusewa | 67 | 47 | / |
| Kisewa | 67 | 44 | / |
| Kugewa | 67 | 30 | / |
| Khudzieva | 67 | 17 | / |
| Khuzhieva | 67 | 9 | / |
| Kusiwe | 67 | 8 | / |
| Kizewa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Kusiva | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kudzhieva | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kuzive | 67 | 3 | / |
| Cuziva | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kiziwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kujiwo | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kuziwa
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