Kamwaye Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Kamwaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 37 | 1:428,376 | 20,573 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Kamwaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamwaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kamwaye is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Kamwaye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamwaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,185,033rd most commonly used surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. The last name Kamwaye is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kamwaye live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most numerous in Zambia, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 428,376. In Zambia Kamwaye is most frequent in: Muchinga Province, where 84 percent live, Northern Province, where 11 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 3 percent live. Aside from Zambia it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kamway | 92 | 5 | / |
| Kamwaya | 86 | 3,385 | / |
| Kamuaye | 86 | 123 | / |
| Kamwayi | 86 | 102 | / |
| Khamway | 86 | 1 | / |
| Komwaye | 86 | 1 | / |
| Khambaye | 80 | 33 | / |
| Kaumwaya | 80 | 17 | / |
| Kamwaiyo | 80 | 3 | / |
| Kamwaaya | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kammbaye | 80 | 1 | / |
| Khamwhay | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kamwai | 77 | 81 | / |
| Kamwej | 77 | 69 | / |
| Kamwaj | 77 | 55 | / |
| Kamwau | 77 | 34 | / |
| Kamwea | 77 | 33 | / |
| Kamwei | 77 | 11 | / |
| Kamwie | 77 | 6 | / |
| Komway | 77 | 5 | / |
| Kamweu | 77 | 5 | / |
| Camway | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kemway | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kamuay | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kamwey | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kamwaa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Khamwaiyo | 75 | 10 | / |
| Kamwiyo | 71 | 977 | / |
| Khamwai | 71 | 295 | / |
| Kamweji | 71 | 278 | / |
| Kamwaji | 71 | 195 | / |
| Kamwoua | 71 | 146 | / |
| Kamuaya | 71 | 130 | / |
| Komwawe | 71 | 91 | / |
| Cambaye | 71 | 56 | / |
| Kamwiya | 71 | 50 | / |
| Kambaje | 71 | 29 | / |
| Kamweya | 71 | 28 | / |
| Kamwoyo | 71 | 28 | / |
| Kamwaha | 71 | 10 | / |
| Kamweyi | 71 | 5 | / |
| Kambeye | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kambayy | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kamwija | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kamwoue | 71 | 2 | / |
| Khamwee | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kamweyo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kamweha | 71 | 2 | / |
| Khamvay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khamwei | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kamwahu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kamwajo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kambaie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kamvayi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kamweja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kamwije | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khamweha | 67 | 124 | / |
| Khambiye | 67 | 15 | / |
| Khamueay | 67 | 10 | / |
| Khamwaha | 67 | 4 | / |
| Khambaiy | 67 | 3 | / |
| Keimbaye | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kambiyey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaimbayi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kambaayi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kamuhaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kamwooya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khammuay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khamwhai | 67 | 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 Kamwaye
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