Kamwande Surname

425,776th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 812 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Zambia

Kamwande Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kamwande Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo5201:142,07615,019
Zambia2871:55,2265,097
Zimbabwe41:3,859,560114,807
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Kamwande (12) may also be a first name.

Kamwande Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kamwande is found in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kamwande? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kamwande is the 425,776th most commonly used family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,974,810 people. The surname Kamwande is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kamwande live; 64 percent live in Central Africa and 64 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Kamwande is also the 3,306,491st most frequent first name world-wide, held by 12 people.

The surname Kamwande is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 520 people, or 1 in 142,076. Without taking into account The DR Congo this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 35 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent live.

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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
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  • 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 Kamwande
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