Kyakuwa Surname

58,107th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,708 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Kyakuwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kyakuwa 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
Uganda8,6541:4,511814
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
England31:18,572,686338,250
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
France11:66,422,722504,397
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Kyakuwa (146) may also be a first name.

Kyakuwa Last Name Facts

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

Kyakuwa is most common in Uganda. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kyakuwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 58,107th most widespread surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 836,879 people. Kyakuwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kyakuwa reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kyakuwa is also the 763,528th most frequent given name throughout the world. It is borne by 146 people.

It is most widely held in Uganda, where it is held by 8,654 people, or 1 in 4,511. In Uganda Kyakuwa is most prevalent in: Wakiso District, where 11 percent reside, Mubende District, where 7 percent reside and Kampala District, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account Uganda this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

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
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Kyaakuwa932/
Kyakuiwa931/
Kyakuywa931/
Kyakuva865/
Kyokuwa861/
Kyakiwa861/
Kiakuba715/
Kyakiva711/
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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 Kyakuwa
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