Kafwenda Surname

721,185th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 404 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kafwenda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Kafwenda Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania4031:131,36912,293
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Kafwenda Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kafwenda Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kafwenda is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kafwenda? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 721,185th most widespread surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 18,038,480 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kafwenda live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is held by 403 people, or 1 in 131,369. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Songwe Region, where 59 percent live, Tabora Region, where 39 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 2 percent live. Not including Tanzania Kafwenda occurs in one country. It also occurs in Zambia, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kafwinda889/
Kafwende885/
Kabwendi7522/
Kabwendo754/
Kafuende754/
Kafwindi754/
Kabwinda752/
Kabuhenda716/
Kabuendi634/
Kabuhinda591/
Kabuindi5034/
Kabbindo501/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Kafwenda
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