Kakwete Surname
Approximately 375 people bear this surname
Kakwete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 283 | 1:56,007 | 5,145 |
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kakwete (146) may also be a first name.
Kakwete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kakwete Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kakwete is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kakwete.
How Common Is The Last Name Kakwete? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 761,666th most commonly held last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,433,456 people. The last name Kakwete occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kakwete are found; 76 percent are found in Southern Africa and 76 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 763,528th most prevalent forename in the world, borne by 146 people.
It is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is carried by 283 people, or 1 in 56,007. In Zambia it is mostly found in: Western Province, where 51 percent live, Southern Province, where 25 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 23 percent live. Aside from Zambia it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 24 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kankwete | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kakwet | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kakuete | 86 | 49 | / |
| Kakweta | 86 | 42 | / |
| Kakwate | 86 | 24 | / |
| Kakweti | 86 | 22 | / |
| Kagwete | 86 | 7 | / |
| Kakwite | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kankwet | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kakouete | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kakhwite | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kakwaate | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kakuet | 77 | 34 | / |
| Kagwet | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kakueta | 71 | 109 | / |
| Kakwati | 71 | 40 | / |
| Kakueti | 71 | 21 | / |
| Kakwita | 71 | 14 | / |
| Kakwiti | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kagwate | 71 | 3 | / |
| Konkwet | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cakuete | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kagwite | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kagweti | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kongkwet | 67 | 13 | / |
| Kaagwate | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kangwite | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kkongwet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Caskwets | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Kakwete
- 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