Kudakwashe Forename

27,737th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 30,232 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Kudakwashe Forename User-submission:

The name Kudakwashe means 'the will of God' or 'the love of God'. It comes from the words kuda, which means 'to love' or 'to wish' in Shona, and kwashe, a variant of kwa ishe, meaning 'of God'.

Kudakwashe Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe
90%
 
28,7521:53681
South Africa
75%
 
3711:146,98810,407
Malawi
50%
 
3171:53,9823,553
England
72%
 
2601:213,8576,167
Botswana
100%
1791:12,2041,655
Egypt-871:1,056,33318,582
United States
75%
 
421:8,631,83391,152
Kuwait-381:99,6126,886
Mozambique-361:756,7601,518
Namibia-351:68,6913,761
New Zealand-171:266,8268,395
Zambia-131:1,219,60016,711
Australia-101:1,365,76214,367
Wales
67%
 
101:309,4314,737
Canada-81:4,141,67245,609
Scotland
100%
81:668,7967,564
Malaysia
100%
61:5,074,990119,899
Germany-51:19,335,57551,270
United Arab Emirates-41:1,787,99844,562
Lesotho-41:509,99925,489
Ethiopia-41:24,390,03319,296
Ireland
100%
31:1,547,8407,573
Sweden
100%
31:3,285,96941,581
Norway-21:2,566,16424,989
Cyprus-21:435,5383,859
Kenya-21:23,153,55556,680
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Italy-11:61,062,09083,289
Jersey-11:99,9802,122
Czechia-11:10,656,16211,509
Uganda-11:40,956,920131,348
Thailand
100%
11:70,065,813391,235
Iran-11:78,496,86865,150
Netherlands
100%
11:16,902,08343,152
Slovenia-11:2,458,7586,723
Singapore-11:6,287,05439,645
Sierra Leone-11:7,088,6631,497
France-11:66,470,34085,030
Oman-11:4,108,66712,526
Finland-11:5,483,18325,487

Kudakwashe (368) may also be a surname.

Kudakwashe Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The name Kudakwashe means 'the will of God' or 'the love of God'. It comes from the words kuda, which means 'to love' or 'to wish' in Shona, and kwashe, a variant of kwa ishe, meaning 'of God'.

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