Kamwanza Surname

433,610th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 793 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Kamwanza Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kamwanza Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo4311:171,41417,546
Zimbabwe1351:114,35715,590
Malawi1311:130,68014,293
Kenya691:669,27429,584
Zambia251:633,99725,256
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kamwanza (122) may also be a first name.

Kamwanza Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kamwanza is most common in The DR Congo. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kamwanza? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kamwanza is the 433,610th most widespread surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 9,189,844 people. The surname Kamwanza is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kamwanza reside; 54 percent reside in Central Africa and 54 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 844,248th most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 122 people.

It is most common in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 431 people, or 1 in 171,414. Excluding The DR Congo it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 17 percent live and Malawi, where 17 percent live.

Kamwanza Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Kamwanza surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kamuanza882,175/
Kamwanja88579/
Kamwansa8896/
Kamwanzi883/
Kamwansha82116/
Khamwansa82101/
Kamuanzau824/
Kamuhanza821/
Kamwanji75178/
Kamwanje75133/
Kamwange7568/
Kamwangi7563/
Komwansa7530/
Kambonza7521/
Cambanza7516/
Kamwonzi7513/
Kamwonze757/
Kamuanja754/
Kombanza754/
Kamvansa754/
Kambanzo752/
Kambansa751/
Kamuanzo751/
Kamwanse751/
Kamwanshi7165/
Khamwansi7147/
Kambanzhi7141/
Kamwandji7134/
Khamwange711/
Koumbanza711/
Kamwangeh711/
Kambansha711/
Kamwansho711/

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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 Kamwanza
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