Kakomwe Surname

417,348th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 833 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Kakomwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kakomwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia5041:31,4483,225
Zimbabwe3231:47,7967,327
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
England21:27,859,030389,889
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Kakomwe Last Name Facts

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

Kakomwe occurs more in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kakomwe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 417,348th most prevalent surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 8,748,555 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kakomwe are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is borne by 504 people, or 1 in 31,448. In Zambia Kakomwe is primarily found in: Central Province, where 64 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 20 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 8 percent live. Other than Zambia it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 39 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kakomwa8684/
Kokomwe8611/
Kakamwe861/
Kakomue861/
Kakhombe8021/
Kakoombe805/
Kakambe7114/
Kakumwa719/
Kakamwa713/
Kakoumnuee711/
Kakonwa711/
Kakonbe711/
Kokomwa711/
Kokoumwe673/
Kakkumbe672/
Kaicombey631/
Kakanwa57175/
Kokambe57122/
Kokumbe574/
Qakambe572/
Kacumbe572/
Cacombe571/
Qokombe571/
Kocombe571/
Kokamwa571/
Kaconbe571/
Kakuimbi5341/
Kakambii534/
Kakhumbi532/
Kokhambe531/
Kayconway501/

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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 Kakomwe
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