Kamwa Surname
Approximately 4,175 people bear this surname
Kamwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 3,860 | 1:5,381 | 654 |
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| Uganda | 69 | 1:565,787 | 30,812 |
| France | 50 | 1:1,328,454 | 133,611 |
| Nepal | 30 | 1:949,365 | 5,886 |
| United States | 26 | 1:13,940,728 | 505,428 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kamwa (1,507) may also be a first name.
Kamwa Demographics
Average Kamwa Salary in
United States
$23,719 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kamwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kamwa is most common in Cameroon. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kamwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kamwa is the 111,263rd most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 1,745,520 people. The last name Kamwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Kamwa reside; 94 percent reside in Central Africa and 92 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 200,189th most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 1,507 people.
This last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 3,860 people, or 1 in 5,381. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 36 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 34 percent are found and West Region, where 23 percent are found. Besides Cameroon it exists in 23 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found and Uganda, where 2 percent are found.
Kamwa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Kamwa surname are 36.56% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 83.33% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Kamwa earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 45.03% less than the national average, earning $23,719 USD per year and in Canada they earn 27.2% more than the national average, earning $63,199 CAD per year.
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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 Kamwa
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