Kabwabwa Surname
Approximately 818 people bear this surname
Kabwabwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 444 | 1:38,557 | 5,632 |
| DR Congo | 219 | 1:337,350 | 29,912 |
| Zambia | 116 | 1:136,637 | 10,044 |
| Zimbabwe | 23 | 1:671,228 | 49,171 |
| Tanzania | 8 | 1:6,617,702 | 68,742 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
Kabwabwa (76) may also be a first name.
Kabwabwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kabwabwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kabwabwa is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kabwabwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kabwabwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 423,328th most commonly used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 8,908,980 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kabwabwa are found; 71 percent are found in Southern Africa and 71 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Kabwabwa is also the 1,107,702nd most widespread first name globally, held by 76 people.
The last name Kabwabwa is most widespread in Malawi, where it is borne by 444 people, or 1 in 38,557. Aside from Malawi this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 27 percent are found and Zambia, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kabwaibwai | 89 | 209 | / |
| Kapwabwa | 88 | 6 | / |
| Kebwabwa | 88 | 4 | / |
| Kabwebwa | 88 | 4 | / |
| Kabuabua | 75 | 924 | / |
| Kapwapwa | 75 | 65 | / |
| Kampwampwa | 67 | 30 | / |
| Kapwaipwai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kapuabua | 63 | 4 | / |
| Kapuapua | 50 | 130 | / |
| Kabuebua | 50 | 68 | / |
| Kapwepwa | 50 | 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 Kabwabwa
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