Kamwanja Surname
Approximately 579 people bear this surname
Kamwanja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 497 | 1:34,445 | 5,098 |
| Kenya | 77 | 1:599,739 | 28,092 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Kamwanja Demographics
Kamwanja Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kamwanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamwanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kamwanja is held by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamwanja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kamwanja is the 551,387th most widely held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 12,586,435 people. The last name Kamwanja is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kamwanja live; 86 percent live in Southern Africa and 86 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widespread in Malawi, where it is carried by 497 people, or 1 in 34,445. Barring Malawi it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 13 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.
Kamwanja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kamwanya | 88 | 50,737 | / |
| Kamwanza | 88 | 793 | / |
| Kamwania | 88 | 394 | / |
| Kamwanji | 88 | 178 | / |
| Kamwanje | 88 | 133 | / |
| Kamwansa | 88 | 96 | / |
| Kamuanja | 88 | 4 | / |
| Kamwansha | 82 | 116 | / |
| Khamwansa | 82 | 101 | / |
| Kamwanyah | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kambanjah | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kamwannya | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kamwwanya | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kamuanya | 75 | 21,930 | / |
| Kamuanza | 75 | 2,175 | / |
| Kamuanji | 75 | 746 | / |
| Kamuania | 75 | 338 | / |
| Komwansa | 75 | 30 | / |
| Komwanya | 75 | 18 | / |
| Kamvanji | 75 | 9 | / |
| Kamvansa | 75 | 4 | / |
| Komwanje | 75 | 2 | / |
| Kambansa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kamwonjo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kamvanya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kamuanzau | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kamwansho | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khamwange | 71 | 1 | / |
| Komwonjai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kamwangeh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kamuhanza | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kamuhanya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kamuhanje | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kamuannya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kambansha | 71 | 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
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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 Kamwanja
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