Kakwini Surname
Approximately 428 people bear this surname
Kakwini Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 426 | 1:91,642 | 9,457 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Kakwini Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kakwini Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kakwini is found most frequently in Uganda. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kakwini? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 691,116th most widely held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 17,026,976 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kakwini reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is held by 426 people, or 1 in 91,642. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Kabarole District, where 22 percent live, Kyenjojo District, where 20 percent live and Kyegegwa District, where 12 percent live. Apart from Uganda this last name exists in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaakwini | 93 | 2 | / |
| Kakwingi | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kakweini | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kakweni | 86 | 63 | / |
| Kakwine | 86 | 29 | / |
| Kakuini | 86 | 4 | / |
| Kagwini | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kagwaini | 80 | 110 | / |
| Kangwini | 80 | 7 | / |
| Kankwine | 80 | 5 | / |
| Kacwinyi | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kaakwine | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kaycwinyi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kakwena | 71 | 68 | / |
| Kakuina | 71 | 48 | / |
| Kaguini | 71 | 46 | / |
| Kakwene | 71 | 12 | / |
| Kagweni | 71 | 8 | / |
| Qakweni | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kaquini | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kakueni | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kakwenyi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kagwaine | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kakwenje | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kaqwaina | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kangwine | 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 Kakwini
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