Kakwavu Surname
Approximately 188 people bear this surname
Kakwavu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 118 | 1:448,658 | 31,304 |
| Uganda | 49 | 1:796,720 | 37,939 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
Kakwavu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kakwavu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kakwavu is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kakwavu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,235,409th most widely held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 38,763,542 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kakwavu reside; 89 percent reside in East Africa and 89 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 118 people, or 1 in 448,658. In Tanzania Kakwavu is most frequent in: Kagera Region, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania Kakwavu is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 26 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 11 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 Kakwavu
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