Kambwire Surname
Approximately 113 people bear this surname
Kambwire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 94 | 1:415,311 | 25,587 |
| Zimbabwe | 18 | 1:857,680 | 57,134 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Kambwire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kambwire Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kambwire occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kambwire? popularity and diffusion
Kambwire is the 1,718,748th most commonly held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 64,491,557 people. The last name Kambwire occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kambwire reside; 83 percent reside in East Africa and 83 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Kambwire is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 94 people, or 1 in 415,311. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Kaliro District, where 95 percent are found, Buyende District, where 2 percent are found and Buikwe District, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Uganda it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 16 percent are found and Malawi, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Kambwire
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