Kafwamba Surname
Approximately 670 people bear this surname
Kafwamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 418 | 1:40,955 | 5,885 |
| DR Congo | 212 | 1:348,489 | 30,654 |
| Zambia | 33 | 1:480,301 | 21,871 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kafwamba (34) may also be a first name.
Kafwamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kafwamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kafwamba is most common in Malawi. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafwamba? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 493,410th most commonly occurring family name on earth, held by around 1 in 10,876,934 people. The surname Kafwamba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kafwamba are found; 67 percent are found in Southern Africa and 67 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Kafwamba is also the 1,775,424th most commonly used first name internationally, borne by 34 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is borne by 418 people, or 1 in 40,955. Beside Malawi this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 32 percent reside and Zambia, where 5 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 Kafwamba
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