Kamwo Surname
Approximately 353 people bear this surname
Kamwo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 345 | 1:60,200 | 7,748 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kamwo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamwo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kamwo occurs most in Cameroon. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamwo? popularity and diffusion
Kamwo is the 796,486th most prevalent surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 20,644,606 people. The surname Kamwo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kamwo live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 345 people, or 1 in 60,200. In Cameroon Kamwo is most common in: Littoral Region, where 36 percent are found, West Region, where 32 percent are found and Centre Region, where 31 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in France, where 2 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kamwou | 91 | 12 | / |
| Kamwoj | 91 | 4 | / |
| Kamwa | 80 | 4,175 | / |
| Kamvo | 80 | 15 | / |
| Komwo | 80 | 12 | / |
| Kamuo | 80 | 5 | / |
| Kemwo | 80 | 4 | / |
| Kamvoj | 73 | 128 | / |
| Kamwaz | 73 | 48 | / |
| Kamwau | 73 | 34 | / |
| Khamwa | 73 | 31 | / |
| Kaymbo | 73 | 22 | / |
| Kaimwa | 73 | 21 | / |
| Koumwo | 73 | 9 | / |
| Kamwah | 73 | 7 | / |
| Kaumwa | 73 | 7 | / |
| Kamweu | 73 | 5 | / |
| Kammuo | 73 | 5 | / |
| Kamwas | 73 | 4 | / |
| Khamuo | 73 | 4 | / |
| Kamvou | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kamwad | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kammbo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Keamuo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kaamwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kamwaa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kemwou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kasmwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kam'bo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kamboï | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kamuoa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kamuoj | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kamuoh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kambhoj | 67 | 12 | / |
| Kamwaha | 67 | 10 | / |
| Kammboj | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kahymbo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kambooj | 67 | 4 | / |
| Khomwot | 67 | 4 | / |
| Khamwua | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kamwass | 67 | 4 | / |
| Khamboj | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kambojh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kheambo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Katmwad | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khammwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kambhou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kamuoyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kqambou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kammbou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaamboh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaambou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khamwas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Camwood | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Kamwo
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