Kamwanga Surname

25,972nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20,727 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Kamwanga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kamwanga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo17,5671:4,206481
Zambia1,8511:8,5631,005
Malawi4441:38,5575,632
Namibia4191:5,7501,113
Tanzania3061:173,01215,142
Uganda641:609,98932,257
Botswana221:99,40615,343
Zimbabwe141:1,102,73166,551
Kenya141:3,298,56438,706
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
England21:27,859,030389,889
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
France11:66,422,722504,397

Kamwanga (1,869) may also be a first name.

Kamwanga Last Name Facts

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

Kamwanga is most common in The DR Congo. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kamwanga? popularity and diffusion

It is the 25,972nd most prevalent surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 351,597 people. Kamwanga occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kamwanga are found; 85 percent are found in Central Africa and 85 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 176,043rd most frequently used first name globally, borne by 1,869 people.

The surname is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 17,567 people, or 1 in 4,206. Beside The DR Congo it exists in 19 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 9 percent reside and Malawi, where 2 percent reside.

Kamwanga Last Name Statistics demography

Kamwanga earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 49.37% less than the national average, earning R 120,324 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
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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 Kamwanga
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