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 surname Kafwanka is found most frequently in Zambia. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafwanka? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 159,055th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,655,811 people. The surname Kafwanka is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kafwanka are found; 54 percent are found in Southern Africa and 54 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 778,371st most common forename in the world It is held by 141 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Zambia, where it is borne by 1,486 people, or 1 in 10,666. In Zambia Kafwanka is most prevalent in: Luapula Province, where 36 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 21 percent reside and Northern Province, where 19 percent reside. Beside Zambia this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 46 percent reside and England, where 0 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 Kafwanka
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