Kakwele Surname

444,963rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 767 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Kakwele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kakwele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia4161:38,1013,811
DR Congo3491:211,68920,903
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Kakwele (35) may also be a first name.

Kakwele Last Name Facts

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

Kakwele occurs more in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kakwele? popularity and diffusion

Kakwele is the 444,963rd most prevalent surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,501,364 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kakwele live; 54 percent live in Southern Africa and 54 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kakwele is also the 1,744,716th most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 35 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is carried by 416 people, or 1 in 38,101. In Zambia Kakwele is primarily concentrated in: Central Province, where 39 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 38 percent are found and Luapula Province, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Zambia it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 46 percent are found and Namibia, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kakwela86263/
Kakwale86202/
Kokwele8636/
Kagwele863/
Kakwell862/
Kakweli861/
Kakuele861/
Khakwela801/
Kagweele801/
Koekwele801/
Kakwil771/
Keakgwile7520/
Kagwale71235/
Kokwale7162/
Kakwali7150/
Kakuela7134/
Kagwela7114/
Kakwila715/
Kagweli712/
Kakwili711/
Kakueli711/
Kaguele711/
Cakwell710/
Caukwell6766/
Kangweli6752/
Kaqueler672/

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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 Kakwele
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