Kakwela Surname
Approximately 263 people bear this surname
Kakwela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Zambia | 59 | 1:268,643 | 15,815 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Kakwela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kakwela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kakwela is found most frequently in Malawi. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kakwela? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 980,795th most commonly used family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 27,709,300 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kakwela live; 85 percent live in Southern Africa and 85 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most numerous in Malawi, where it is carried by 157 people, or 1 in 109,039. Apart from Malawi this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 22 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khakwela | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kakwele | 86 | 767 | / |
| Kakwala | 86 | 357 | / |
| Kakuela | 86 | 34 | / |
| Kagwela | 86 | 14 | / |
| Kakwila | 86 | 5 | / |
| Kakweli | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kakwilat | 80 | 33 | / |
| Keakwala | 80 | 17 | / |
| Kangwela | 80 | 5 | / |
| Konkwela | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kankuela | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kakwaala | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kankwila | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kokwele | 71 | 36 | / |
| Kagwala | 71 | 6 | / |
| Kagwele | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kagweli | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kagwila | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kakuila | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kakwili | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kakueli | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kakuele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kekwola | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kangweli | 67 | 52 | / |
| Kokwilai | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kangwila | 67 | 4 | / |
| Konkwelo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kagweele | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaggwala | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kagbelah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khokwala | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kakwela
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis