Kakwembe Surname
Approximately 102 people bear this surname
Kakwembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 101 | 1:524,174 | 34,222 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Kakwembe (22) may also be a first name.
Kakwembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kakwembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kakwembe has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kakwembe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,828,462nd most widespread last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 71,446,529 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kakwembe are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Kakwembe is also the 2,301,746th most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 22 people.
The surname is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 101 people, or 1 in 524,174. In Tanzania Kakwembe is primarily found in: Njombe Region, where 53 percent reside, Iringa Region, where 39 percent reside and Mbeya Region, where 4 percent reside. Other than Tanzania it occurs in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 1 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
- 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 Kakwembe
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