Kamengwa Surname
Approximately 1,338 people bear this surname
Kamengwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,300 | 1:56,830 | 6,798 |
| Zambia | 38 | 1:417,103 | 20,300 |
Kamengwa (116) may also be a first name.
Kamengwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamengwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kamengwa is most common in The DR Congo. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamengwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kamengwa is the 287,037th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 5,446,596 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kamengwa are found; 97 percent are found in Central Africa and 97 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 868,627th most numerous forename worldwide, borne by 116 people.
Kamengwa is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 1,300 people, or 1 in 56,830. Outside of The DR Congo it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Zambia, where 3 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 Kamengwa
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