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
The surname Kamwezi is more frequently found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamwezi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 420,074th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 8,822,695 people. Kamwezi occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kamwezi are found; 51 percent are found in Southern Africa and 51 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is borne by 392 people, or 1 in 43,671. Not including Malawi this surname occurs 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