Kadowa Surname
Approximately 302 people bear this surname
Kadowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 235 | 1:65,695 | 9,890 |
| Uganda | 31 | 1:1,259,332 | 49,678 |
| Zambia | 29 | 1:546,549 | 23,344 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Kadowa (17) may also be a first name.
Kadowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kadowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kadowa occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Kadowa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kadowa? popularity and diffusion
Kadowa is the 889,654th most commonly used last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,130,947 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kadowa are found; 87 percent are found in Southern Africa and 87 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 17 people.
The surname Kadowa is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 235 people, or 1 in 65,695. In Zimbabwe Kadowa is primarily concentrated in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 67 percent reside, Midlands Province, where 27 percent reside and Mashonaland East Province, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 10 percent reside and Zambia, where 10 percent reside.
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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 Kadowa
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