Kamungwa Surname

641,055th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 474 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Kamungwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kamungwa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia3101:51,1294,785
DR Congo1641:450,48536,956

Kamungwa (13) may also be a first name.

Kamungwa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kamungwa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kamungwa has its highest incidence in Zambia. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kamungwa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 641,055th most widespread surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 15,374,569 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kamungwa are found; 65 percent are found in Southern Africa and 65 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Kamungwa is also the 3,159,357th most commonly occurring given name world-wide. It is borne by 13 people.

The surname is most numerous in Zambia, where it is carried by 310 people, or 1 in 51,129. In Zambia Kamungwa is most frequent in: Western Province, where 47 percent live, North-Western Province, where 41 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 11 percent live. Barring Zambia Kamungwa occurs in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 35 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kamusingwa892/
Kamungwe88217/
Kamongwa88142/
Kamungua882/
Kamungwi881/
Kammaungwai841/
Kamhungwe8275/
Camungua759/
Kamongua756/
Kamungue751/
Camongua6325/
Kamongue631/
Khomongwe5917/
Camuingui591/
Khomonngwe561/
Camongue501/
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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 Kamungwa
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