Kakongwe Surname

1,239,697th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 187 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kakongwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kakongwe 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
Tanzania1801:294,12022,795
Zambia61:2,641,65434,188
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Kakongwe (21) may also be a first name.

Kakongwe Last Name Facts

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

Kakongwe is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kakongwe.

How Common Is The Last Name Kakongwe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,239,697th most frequent family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 38,970,834 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kakongwe live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most commonly occurring given name at a global level, borne by 21 people.

This surname is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 180 people, or 1 in 294,120. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Ruvuma Region, where 94 percent reside, Mbeya Region, where 5 percent reside and Iringa Region, where 1 percent reside. Barring Tanzania this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 3 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.

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
Kakhongwe94273/
Kakungwe885/
Kakongwa881/
Kakongue881/
Kakungwa75274/
Kakangwa7565/
Kacungwe754/
Kakunkwe751/
Kakangue751/
Kakonkwa751/
Kaukungwa71283/
Kokoengwe712/
Kakunkwa6321/
Kacungwa634/
Kakungua631/
Kaukungua594/
Cakonkwys591/
Kaccungwa591/
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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 Kakongwe
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis