Kamwamu Surname
Approximately 88 people bear this surname
Kamwamu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 84 | 1:630,257 | 38,555 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
Kamwamu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamwamu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kamwamu is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamwamu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,994,173rd most frequently used last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 82,813,022 people. The last name Kamwamu is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kamwamu are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is carried by 84 people, or 1 in 630,257. In Tanzania Kamwamu is most common in: Mara Region, where 83 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 5 percent reside and Dodoma Region, where 5 percent reside. Besides Tanzania it is found in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 5 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 Kamwamu
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