Kakelwa Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Kakelwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Kakelwa (29) may also be a first name.
Kakelwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kakelwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kakelwa is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kakelwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,776,799th most frequently used surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kakelwa are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 29 people.
This last name is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 48 people, or 1 in 1,539,158. Apart from The DR Congo Kakelwa is found in one country. It also occurs in Zambia, where 2 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 Kakelwa
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