Kamwara Surname

239,163rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,675 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kamwara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kamwara Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1,2501:36,9443,956
Zimbabwe4081:37,8395,870
Solomon Islands131:44,6188,903
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Kamwara (248) may also be a first name.

Kamwara Last Name Facts

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

Kamwara is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Kamwara click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kamwara? popularity and diffusion

Kamwara is the 239,163rd most numerous surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 4,350,774 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kamwara are found; 75 percent are found in East Africa and 74 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Kamwara is also the 566,287th most widely held forename world-wide, borne by 248 people.

The last name is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 1,250 people, or 1 in 36,944. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Tharaka Nithi County, where 52 percent reside, Meru County, where 36 percent reside and Embu County, where 5 percent reside. Excluding Kenya this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 24 percent reside and The Solomon Islands, where 1 percent reside.

Kamwara Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Kamwara last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Kamwara
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