Kalemwa Surname
Approximately 730 people bear this surname
Kalemwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 451 | 1:163,813 | 16,894 |
| Zambia | 149 | 1:106,375 | 8,369 |
| Tanzania | 121 | 1:437,534 | 30,427 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Kalemwa (41) may also be a first name.
Kalemwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalemwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kalemwa is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalemwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 462,174th most frequent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 9,982,940 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kalemwa reside; 62 percent reside in Central Africa and 62 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,590,275th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 41 people.
The last name is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is held by 451 people, or 1 in 163,813. Other than The DR Congo it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 20 percent are found and Tanzania, where 17 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kallemwa | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kelemwa | 86 | 18,996 | / |
| Kalamwa | 86 | 282 | / |
| Kalimwa | 86 | 248 | / |
| Kalemwe | 86 | 76 | / |
| Kolemwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kalemua | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kalomwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Khalamwa | 80 | 194 | / |
| Kalimwai | 80 | 131 | / |
| Kelemwua | 80 | 4 | / |
| Kaleemba | 80 | 2 | / |
| Khalemba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kalhemba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kelemua | 71 | 70,026 | / |
| Calemba | 71 | 3,161 | / |
| Kalimua | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kolomwa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kalymba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kalamwei | 67 | 40 | / |
| Khalimba | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kalimbau | 67 | 5 | / |
| Khalembi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kalembey | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kalymbai | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kaleembe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kalamvai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Koulemba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kalembee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaluimba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kalimbah | 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 Kalemwa
- 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