Kwigila Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kwigila Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kwigila Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania101:5,294,16157,086
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Kwigila Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kwigila is more frequently found in Tanzania 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 Kwigila? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kwigila is the 5,812,366th most frequent family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwigila live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 5,294,161. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Shinyanga Region, where 90 percent live and Tabora Region, where 10 percent live. Apart from Tanzania this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kwigaila931/
Kwizila8621/
Kwisila861/
Gwigilia801/
Gwijila7139/
Kwizela7125/
Kwegela716/
Kuizila714/
Kwezila711/
Kwicela711/
Kuisila711/
Kwexila711/
Kwizeela674/
Kwegelah672/
Kweguula671/
Kweghula671/
Kwegelya671/
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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 Kwigila
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