Kamwangala Surname
Approximately 829 people bear this surname
Kamwangala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 444 | 1:38,557 | 5,632 |
| DR Congo | 328 | 1:225,243 | 21,937 |
| Zambia | 53 | 1:299,055 | 16,868 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
Kamwangala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamwangala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kamwangala is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kamwangala click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamwangala? popularity and diffusion
Kamwangala is the 418,906th most commonly used surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 8,790,767 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kamwangala are found; 60 percent are found in Southern Africa and 60 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is borne by 444 people, or 1 in 38,557. Not including Malawi this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 40 percent live and Zambia, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kamuangala | 90 | 356 | / |
| Kamwangali | 90 | 4 | / |
| Cambangala | 80 | 6 | / |
| Khambagalla | 76 | 8 | / |
| Kambagaalla | 76 | 1 | / |
| Cambagalla | 70 | 12 | / |
| Kambongola | 70 | 8 | / |
| Kambangole | 70 | 2 | / |
| Kambangolo | 70 | 1 | / |
| Kombagalla | 60 | 1 | / |
| Kambongolo | 60 | 1 | / |
| Kombongolo | 50 | 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 Kamwangala
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis