Kamwaga Surname
Approximately 750 people bear this surname
Kamwaga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 596 | 1:88,828 | 8,979 |
| Kenya | 76 | 1:607,630 | 28,249 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Kamwaga (42) may also be a first name.
Kamwaga Demographics
Kamwaga Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kamwaga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamwaga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kamwaga occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamwaga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kamwaga is the 452,572nd most frequently used family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 9,716,728 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kamwaga reside; 91 percent reside in East Africa and 91 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,566,439th most frequent given name world-wide It is held by 42 people.
Kamwaga is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 596 people, or 1 in 88,828. In Tanzania Kamwaga is mostly concentrated in: Kigoma Region, where 70 percent are found, Mara Region, where 18 percent are found and Mbeya Region, where 9 percent are found. Beside Tanzania it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 10 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 9 percent are found.
Kamwaga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Kamwaga last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kamwagha | 93 | 1,100 | / |
| Kamwaaga | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kamwangha | 88 | 55 | / |
| Kamwang'a | 88 | 51 | / |
| Kamwan'ga | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kamwago | 86 | 4 | / |
| Kamwega | 86 | 3 | / |
| Kèmwaga | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kamwagi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kamuanga | 80 | 14,610 | / |
| Kamwangi | 80 | 63 | / |
| Kamwango | 80 | 49 | / |
| Camwanga | 80 | 4 | / |
| Kamuhaga | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kambauga | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kambagga | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kambeaga | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kamuhanga | 75 | 494 | / |
| Kamwongai | 75 | 2 | / |
| Kamwangeh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Khamwange | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kamuannga | 75 | 1 | / |
| Khambagai | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kambago | 71 | 7 | / |
| Kambage | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kamwogo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kamuhaanga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khamwongai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kamwego | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kambouga | 67 | 578 | / |
| Kamuangi | 67 | 68 | / |
| Komwangi | 67 | 17 | / |
| Kamwonge | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kambhagi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kambooga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kamuange | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kamuango | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cambagay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Camuanga | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kamwaga
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