Kabwibwi Surname

1,064,392nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 234 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Kabwibwi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kabwibwi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia1791:88,5477,336
DR Congo481:1,539,15886,567
Uganda71:5,577,040114,218

Kabwibwi (13) may also be a first name.

Kabwibwi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kabwibwi occurs in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kabwibwi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kabwibwi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,064,392nd most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 31,143,359 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kabwibwi are found; 76 percent are found in Southern Africa and 76 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 13 people.

The last name Kabwibwi is most commonly occurring in Zambia, where it is carried by 179 people, or 1 in 88,547. In Zambia Kabwibwi is primarily concentrated in: Copperbelt Province, where 56 percent are found, North-Western Province, where 17 percent are found and Northern Province, where 12 percent are found. Not including Zambia it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 21 percent are found and Uganda, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kabwaibwai89209/
Kabwibwa8834/
Kabwebwe753,534/
Kapwibwe7541/
Kapwipwi7510/
Kabwebwa754/
Kapwaipwai671/
Kabwepwe631/
Kabuebue502,269/
Kapwepwe50974/
Kabbebbe507/
Kapuipui504/
Kapwepwa501/

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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
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  • 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 Kabwibwi
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