Kafwanka Surname
Approximately 2,744 people bear this surname
Kafwanka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 1,486 | 1:10,666 | 1,231 |
| DR Congo | 1,252 | 1:59,009 | 7,046 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Kafwanka (141) may also be a first name.
Kafwanka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kafwanka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kafwanka is found most in Zambia. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of Kafwanka click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafwanka? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kafwanka is the 159,055th most widespread surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 2,655,811 people. Kafwanka is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kafwanka live; 54 percent live in Southern Africa and 54 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 778,371st most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 141 people.
The surname Kafwanka is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is held by 1,486 people, or 1 in 10,666. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: Luapula Province, where 36 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 21 percent live and Northern Province, where 19 percent live. Aside from Zambia Kafwanka occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 46 percent live and England, where 0 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 Kafwanka
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