Kakanwa Surname
Approximately 175 people bear this surname
Kakanwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 172 | 1:92,151 | 7,541 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kakanwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kakanwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kakanwa occurs most in Zambia. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kakanwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,295,379th most commonly occurring family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 41,643,120 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kakanwa reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Zambia, where it is held by 172 people, or 1 in 92,151. In Zambia Kakanwa is most numerous in: North-Western Province, where 35 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 24 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 20 percent live. Aside from Zambia this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Angola, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 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
- 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 Kakanwa
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