Kakowa Surname
Approximately 2,037 people bear this surname
Kakowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,595 | 1:10,733 | 1,650 |
| Zimbabwe | 274 | 1:56,344 | 8,535 |
| Zambia | 90 | 1:176,110 | 12,058 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kakowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kakowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kakowa is found in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kakowa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 204,099th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,577,588 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kakowa reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most common in Malawi, where it is borne by 1,595 people, or 1 in 10,733. Not including Malawi this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 13 percent are found and Zambia, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Kakowa
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