Kakwimba Surname

1,860,621st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 99 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kakwimba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kakwimba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania921:575,45236,554
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Kakwimba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kakwimba is most common in Tanzania. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kakwimba? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,860,621st most prevalent family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 73,611,575 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kakwimba live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 92 people, or 1 in 575,452. In Tanzania Kakwimba is mostly concentrated in: Mwanza Region, where 99 percent live. Beside Tanzania this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 4 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kakwimmba941/
Kaukwimba941/
Kakwemba889/
Kakwimbi885/
Kakwembe75102/
Kakuimbi7541/
Kakuemba7527/
Kagwemba752/
Kakwembo751/
Kangwemba7196/
Kankwembe711/
Kaguemba6322/
Kaquimbo632/
Caguimba631/
Kakwinwo631/
Caguimbay59280/
Caguimbai591/
Caquimbo50396/
Kaguinwa503/

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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 Kakwimba
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