Kamwende Surname

1,194,481st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 198 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kamwende Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kamwende Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1511:305,82719,250
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Kamwende (36) may also be a first name.

Kamwende Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kamwende is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kamwende? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kamwende is the 1,194,481st most commonly held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 36,805,787 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kamwende live; 79 percent live in East Africa and 78 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kamwende is also the 1,717,090th most widely held forename internationally, held by 36 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 151 people, or 1 in 305,827. In Kenya it is most common in: Kiambu County, where 83 percent reside, Embu County, where 3 percent reside and Meru County, where 3 percent reside. Beside Kenya Kamwende occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 21 percent reside and Uganda, where 2 percent reside.

Kamwende Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Kamwende surname is primarily 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 Kamwende
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