Kabwila Surname

816,514th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 341 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Malawi

Kabwila Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Kabwila 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
DR Congo1781:415,05434,837
Malawi1571:109,03912,664
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Kabwila (49) may also be a first name.

Kabwila Last Name Facts

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

Kabwila is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kabwila? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 816,514th most commonly held last name globally, borne by around 1 in 21,371,102 people. The last name Kabwila is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kabwila live; 52 percent live in Central Africa and 52 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Kabwila is also the 1,430,306th most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 49 people.

The surname is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 178 people, or 1 in 415,054. Besides The DR Congo Kabwila occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 46 percent reside and The United States, where 1 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
Khabwila931/
Kabwela868,041/
Kabwilo861,753/
Kabwili86659/
Kabuila86123/
Kapwila8655/
Kabwile8629/
Kabuhila801/
Kabwuili801/
Kabwilii801/
Kabuela71800/
Kapwela71755/
Kabwele71331/
Kapuila71212/
Kapwili7157/
Kabuili714/
Kabwelo711/
Kabweli711/
Kavwela711/
Kavvila711/
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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 Kabwila
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