Ankwasa Surname
Approximately 347 people bear this surname
Ankwasa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 326 | 1:119,752 | 11,416 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
Ankwasa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ankwasa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ankwasa is found most in Uganda. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Ankwasa.
How Common Is The Last Name Ankwasa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 806,178th most frequently held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 21,001,573 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ankwasa reside; 94 percent reside in East Africa and 94 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is borne by 326 people, or 1 in 119,752. In Uganda Ankwasa is most common in: Ntungamo District, where 23 percent are found, Rukungiri District, where 22 percent are found and Kanungu District, where 17 percent are found. Apart from Uganda Ankwasa exists in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ankwatsa | 93 | 123 | / |
| Ankwaasa | 93 | 4 | / |
| Ankwaatsa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Ankwase | 86 | 114 | / |
| Angwasa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ankwatse | 80 | 59 | / |
| Ankuasha | 80 | 14 | / |
| Angwase | 71 | 5 | / |
| Onkwase | 71 | 2 | / |
| Angwaza | 71 | 1 | / |
| Angbasa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Anguasha | 67 | 199 | / |
| Hankwazi | 67 | 17 | / |
| Anguasea | 67 | 10 | / |
| Onkwatse | 67 | 3 | / |
| Anguasia | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ankwocha | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ankwacho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ankweise | 67 | 1 | / |
| Angbassa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Angweaja | 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 Ankwasa
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