Kalwenya Surname
Approximately 449 people bear this surname
Kalwenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 366 | 1:6,583 | 1,285 |
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kalwenya (21) may also be a first name.
Kalwenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalwenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kalwenya has its highest incidence in Namibia. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalwenya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 667,223rd most frequently used surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 16,230,615 people. Kalwenya is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kalwenya are found; 82 percent are found in Southern Africa and 82 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Kalwenya is also the 2,368,944th most widely held first name world-wide It is held by 21 people.
The last name Kalwenya is most frequently held in Namibia, where it is borne by 366 people, or 1 in 6,583. In Namibia Kalwenya is most prevalent in: Omaheke Region, where 52 percent live, Ohangwena Region, where 25 percent live and Oshana Region, where 19 percent live. Not including Namibia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 18 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.
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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 Kalwenya
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