Kwigenga Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Kwigenga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kwigenga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda61:6,506,546123,710
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947

Kwigenga Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kwigenga is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwigenga? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,587,209th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name Kwigenga occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwigenga reside; 67 percent reside in East Africa and 67 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Kwigenga is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 6,506,546. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Kampala District, where 33 percent live, Kisoro District, where 33 percent live and Kibaale District, where 17 percent live. Aside from Uganda this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 33 percent live and Kenya, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kwegena801/
Kuizenga75489/
Kwesinga7515/
Kwesenga751/
Kuisenga750/
Kwichinga717/
Gwijengga712/
Kwichingah676/
Gbegnga673/
Gwigina671/
Kuizinga6325/
Quizenga634/
Guigina533/
Guigeno531/
Guisinga50241/
Quigingo504/
Quizinga503/
Guesinga501/
Guizinga501/
Quizengo501/

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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 Kwigenga
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