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
The last name Kachewa is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kachewa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kachewa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 744,013th most frequently used surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 18,830,868 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kachewa reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 370 people, or 1 in 143,085. In Tanzania it is most common in: Morogoro Region, where 91 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 2 percent are found and Iringa Region, where 2 percent are found. Beside Tanzania it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 3 percent are found and Kenya, where 2 percent are found.
Kachewa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Kachewa surname is chiefly 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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