Kamwezi Surname
Approximately 826 people bear this surname
Kamwezi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 392 | 1:43,671 | 6,239 |
| Tanzania | 303 | 1:174,725 | 15,264 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Uganda | 26 | 1:1,501,511 | 54,973 |
| Zimbabwe | 18 | 1:857,680 | 57,134 |
| Zambia | 12 | 1:1,320,827 | 31,121 |
Kamwezi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamwezi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kamwezi is found in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamwezi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kamwezi is the 420,074th most numerous family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 8,822,695 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kamwezi live; 51 percent live in Southern Africa and 51 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is carried by 392 people, or 1 in 43,671. Outside of Malawi this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 37 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kamwedzi | 93 | 25 | / |
| Kamwezhi | 93 | 20 | / |
| Kamwezie | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kamweezi | 93 | 1 | / |
| Komwezi | 86 | 125 | / |
| Kamuezi | 86 | 21 | / |
| Kamwesi | 86 | 15 | / |
| Kamwazi | 86 | 11 | / |
| Kamwizi | 86 | 5 | / |
| Kamweza | 86 | 4 | / |
| Kambezi | 86 | 2 | / |
| Kamweze | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kamwechi | 80 | 43 | / |
| Komweezi | 80 | 3 | / |
| Kaumbezi | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kamwizhi | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kamwazhi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Komwedzai | 75 | 36 | / |
| Kamwetshi | 75 | 27 | / |
| Kambedzai | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kombezi | 71 | 236 | / |
| Kamwiza | 71 | 93 | / |
| Kamwisi | 71 | 35 | / |
| Kamwese | 71 | 34 | / |
| Kamwiji | 71 | 34 | / |
| Kamwasi | 71 | 30 | / |
| Kambegi | 71 | 5 | / |
| Kamwise | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kamwosi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kamveci | 71 | 1 | / |
| Camuezi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kamwije | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kamwigi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kamwige | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kamwaze | 71 | 1 | / |
| Komweza | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kamwetsa | 67 | 717 | / |
| Kambizyi | 67 | 154 | / |
| Kamwiset | 67 | 34 | / |
| Kambedze | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kamwijit | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kamwised | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kamuhozi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kamuhesi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kamwitsi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kambeize | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kamweche | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kamwasee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khamwege | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kamwises | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kamuedji | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kambaizi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kamwisit | 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 Kamwezi
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis