Kakingwe Surname

571,325th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 552 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Kakingwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kakingwe 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
Zambia3021:52,4834,898
DR Congo2461:300,32327,390
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676

Kakingwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kakingwe is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kakingwe.

How Common Is The Last Name Kakingwe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 571,325th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 13,202,076 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kakingwe are found; 55 percent are found in Southern Africa and 55 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is held by 302 people, or 1 in 52,483. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: North-Western Province, where 75 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 25 percent live. Apart from Zambia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 45 percent live and Uganda, where 1 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
Kakingwa882/
Kakengwe882/
Kakingue881/
Kakinkwe881/
Khachingwe781/
Kakengwa75219/
Kakengue751/
Kakngoue751/
Kokoengwe712/
Kakengua631/
Koukengue5910/
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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 Kakingwe
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