Kamwenyi Surname
Approximately 8,517 people bear this surname
Kamwenyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 8,483 | 1:8,709 | 1,077 |
| Zambia | 32 | 1:495,310 | 22,215 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kamwenyi (310) may also be a first name.
Kamwenyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamwenyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kamwenyi is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamwenyi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kamwenyi is the 59,269th most widespread last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 855,647 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kamwenyi live; 100 percent live in Central Africa and 100 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 499,178th most numerous forename on earth It is held by 310 people.
This last name is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 8,483 people, or 1 in 8,709. Other than The DR Congo Kamwenyi occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 0 percent reside and Kenya, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khamwenyi | 94 | 1 | / |
| Kamweny | 93 | 2,636 | / |
| Kamweni | 93 | 638 | / |
| Kamwanyi | 88 | 95 | / |
| Kamwinyi | 88 | 49 | / |
| Kanwenyi | 88 | 4 | / |
| Kamwenie | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kamwengi | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kaweny | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kamwaanyi | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kamueni | 80 | 2,524 | / |
| Kambeni | 80 | 1,036 | / |
| Kamwani | 80 | 922 | / |
| Kamwena | 80 | 552 | / |
| Kamueny | 80 | 157 | / |
| Kamwene | 80 | 142 | / |
| Kamwini | 80 | 63 | / |
| Kanweni | 80 | 25 | / |
| Kamwiny | 80 | 21 | / |
| Kamwenj | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kamwoni | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kamwenje | 75 | 715 | / |
| Kamuinyi | 75 | 41 | / |
| Khambeni | 75 | 9 | / |
| Kambinyi | 75 | 8 | / |
| Kamwinit | 75 | 6 | / |
| Khamwani | 75 | 4 | / |
| Kamuengi | 75 | 4 | / |
| Kamuenie | 75 | 4 | / |
| Kamweine | 75 | 2 | / |
| Kamwingi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kamwinij | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kaambeni | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kaimwene | 75 | 1 | / |
| Khamwinit | 71 | 204 | / |
| Khamwinij | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khamwenje | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kamwine | 67 | 2,662 | / |
| Kamuena | 67 | 2,220 | / |
| Komwani | 67 | 466 | / |
| Kambini | 67 | 217 | / |
| Kamvani | 67 | 137 | / |
| Kanveni | 67 | 135 | / |
| Kamuini | 67 | 116 | / |
| Kamuene | 67 | 93 | / |
| Kombeni | 67 | 51 | / |
| Cambeni | 67 | 14 | / |
| Kanwini | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kombeny | 67 | 6 | / |
| Komwene | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kamwanj | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kanueni | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kachimwene | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kanwene | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kamvenj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kemwani | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khamwitnit | 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
- 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 Kamwenyi
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