Kagweza Surname
Approximately 170 people bear this surname
Kagweza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 119 | 1:444,888 | 31,116 |
| Uganda | 50 | 1:780,786 | 37,485 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Kagweza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kagweza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kagweza occurs most in Tanzania. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kagweza? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,321,499th most frequently occurring surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 42,867,917 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kagweza live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Kagweza is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 119 people, or 1 in 444,888. In Tanzania Kagweza is mostly concentrated in: Kagera Region, where 99 percent live and Tabora Region, where 1 percent live. Besides Tanzania this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 29 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kangweza | 93 | 2 | / |
| Kagweezah | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kagwiza | 86 | 261 | / |
| Kakweza | 86 | 222 | / |
| Kagwaza | 86 | 2 | / |
| Kagweja | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kakwedza | 80 | 3 | / |
| Kakwezia | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kang'wezi | 75 | 4 | / |
| Kakwezi | 71 | 3,219 | / |
| Kakwesa | 71 | 294 | / |
| Kagwisa | 71 | 45 | / |
| Kakueza | 71 | 27 | / |
| Kacwezi | 71 | 21 | / |
| Kakwiza | 71 | 7 | / |
| Kakweze | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kagwizi | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kagwasa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kagwije | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kagwese | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kagweje | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kagweji | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kagweso | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kakwezhi | 67 | 207 | / |
| Kakweezi | 67 | 39 | / |
| Kagwidzi | 67 | 21 | / |
| Kaakwezi | 67 | 8 | / |
| Kakwidza | 67 | 7 | / |
| Kankwezi | 67 | 7 | / |
| Kagwidzo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kakwehzi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kakweizi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kakwezzi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kangwize | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kangwizi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kancwezi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaqweasi | 67 | 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
- 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 Kagweza
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