Kachewa Surname
Approximately 387 people bear this surname
Kachewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 370 | 1:143,085 | 13,108 |
| Zambia | 11 | 1:1,440,902 | 31,383 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
Kachewa Demographics
Kachewa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kachewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kachewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kachewa occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Kachewa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kachewa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 744,013th most commonly used surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 18,830,868 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kachewa are found; 97 percent are found in East Africa and 97 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
It is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 370 people, or 1 in 143,085. In Tanzania Kachewa is mostly concentrated in: Morogoro Region, where 91 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 2 percent live and Iringa Region, where 2 percent live. Outside of Tanzania it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 3 percent live and Kenya, where 2 percent live.
Kachewa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Kachewa last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Kachewa
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