Kamkwamba Surname
Approximately 3,863 people bear this surname
Kamkwamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 3,817 | 1:4,485 | 624 |
| Zimbabwe | 34 | 1:454,066 | 38,992 |
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Kamkwamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamkwamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kamkwamba occurs in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamkwamba? popularity and diffusion
It is the 119,029th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,886,499 people. The surname Kamkwamba is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kamkwamba reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Malawi, where it is borne by 3,817 people, or 1 in 4,485. Barring Malawi this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live and Tanzania, 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 Kamkwamba
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