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

Kamungwa is found in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kamungwa? popularity and diffusion

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

The surname Kamungwa is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is borne by 310 people, or 1 in 51,129. In Zambia it is primarily found in: Western Province, where 47 percent live, North-Western Province, where 41 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account Zambia this surname exists 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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