Kamtwela Surname
Approximately 68 people bear this surname
Kamtwela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 67 | 1:790,173 | 42,439 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Kamtwela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamtwela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kamtwela is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kamtwela.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamtwela? popularity and diffusion
Kamtwela is the 2,312,869th most commonly held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 107,169,793 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kamtwela are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 67 people, or 1 in 790,173. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Arusha Region, where 97 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Malawi, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Kamtwela
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