Kachewe Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Kachewe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kachewe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia331:480,30121,871
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144

Kachewe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kachewe is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Kachewe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kachewe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,373,373rd most frequently occurring last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kachewe are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Kachewe is most frequent in Zambia, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 480,301. In Zambia Kachewe is primarily found in: Western Province, where 85 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 12 percent live and North-Western Province, where 3 percent live. Barring Zambia Kachewe is found in one country. It is also common in Malawi, where 3 percent live.

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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 Kachewe
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