Kafwemba Surname
Approximately 132 people bear this surname
Kafwemba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 131 | 1:404,134 | 28,508 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Kafwemba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kafwemba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kafwemba is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafwemba? popularity and diffusion
Kafwemba is the 1,558,593rd most frequently occurring family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 55,208,681 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kafwemba are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 404,134. In Tanzania Kafwemba is most common in: Mara Region, where 94 percent are found, Mwanza Region, where 3 percent are found and Shinyanga Region, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania it occurs in one country. It is also common in Zambia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kafwembe | 88 | 777 | / |
| Kafwamba | 88 | 670 | / |
| Kafwimba | 88 | 54 | / |
| Kabwemba | 88 | 43 | / |
| Kafuemba | 88 | 34 | / |
| Kafwembo | 88 | 21 | / |
| Kafwembee | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kaswvhemba | 78 | 1 | / |
| Kafwimbi | 75 | 8,771 | / |
| Kavwamba | 75 | 109 | / |
| Kafuembe | 75 | 41 | / |
| Kafwambo | 75 | 7 | / |
| Kafwimbe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kabwimba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kavuemba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kafwiombi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kafuimbi | 63 | 62 | / |
| Kabwimbi | 63 | 21 | / |
| Kabuimba | 63 | 4 | / |
| Kafwinbi | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kafuimbo | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kabbimba | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kabvimba | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kabuhembe | 59 | 1 | / |
| Kabvimbi | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Kafwemba
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