Kwiga Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Kwiga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 85 | 1:622,843 | 38,112 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kwiga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwiga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kwiga is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwiga? popularity and diffusion
Kwiga is the 2,007,164th most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. The surname Kwiga occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwiga are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 85 people, or 1 in 622,843. In Tanzania Kwiga is most common in: Dodoma Region, where 100 percent are found. Beside Tanzania Kwiga is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 1 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kwaiga | 91 | 51 | / |
| Nkwiga | 91 | 21 | / |
| Kwigai | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kweiga | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kweisga | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nkwuiga | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kweigha | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kwega | 80 | 101 | / |
| Kuiga | 80 | 55 | / |
| Gwiga | 80 | 12 | / |
| Kwigi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kuigha | 73 | 57 | / |
| Gwaiga | 73 | 18 | / |
| Nkuiga | 73 | 17 | / |
| Kuhiga | 73 | 5 | / |
| Kuigad | 73 | 4 | / |
| Kwugha | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kwegah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kuigai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwighe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwehgai | 67 | 10 | / |
| Nkwighe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kwayhga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkwegha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkuigah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwigah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwehgap | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kweanga | 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 Kwiga
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