Kanagwa Surname
Approximately 568 people bear this surname
Kanagwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 368 | 1:106,085 | 10,465 |
| Tanzania | 188 | 1:281,604 | 22,057 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Kanagwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanagwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanagwa occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kanagwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanagwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 559,180th most frequently occurring last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 12,830,186 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kanagwa are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 71 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is held by 368 people, or 1 in 106,085. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Mbale District, where 40 percent reside, Kampala District, where 9 percent reside and Sironko District, where 8 percent reside. Beside Uganda it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 33 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kangagwa | 93 | 27 | / |
| Khanagwa | 93 | 22 | / |
| Kanaggwa | 93 | 2 | / |
| Kainagwa | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kahanagwa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kenagwa | 86 | 148 | / |
| Kanakwa | 86 | 65 | / |
| Kanagwe | 86 | 2 | / |
| Kanagba | 86 | 2 | / |
| Kanegwa | 86 | 2 | / |
| Konagwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Khanakwa | 80 | 1,745 | / |
| Kangagua | 80 | 99 | / |
| Khanagua | 80 | 31 | / |
| Kanangwe | 80 | 7 | / |
| Kanakwad | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kaunongwa | 75 | 107 | / |
| Kanhongwa | 75 | 31 | / |
| Kananguha | 75 | 3 | / |
| Kanakwaya | 75 | 2 | / |
| Kanekwa | 71 | 458 | / |
| Kanagui | 71 | 124 | / |
| Kanagbo | 71 | 12 | / |
| Canagua | 71 | 5 | / |
| Konagba | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kanakwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kainhangwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kanague | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kanokwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kenagua | 71 | 0 | / |
| Kaneakua | 67 | 200 | / |
| Kongogwa | 67 | 70 | / |
| Kanagbou | 67 | 17 | / |
| Kanangue | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kanongwe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kaanagbo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kanokwat | 67 | 2 | / |
| Caenagua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kanoghwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kagnague | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khanakwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaynagui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Keinagwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kanankwo | 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 Kanagwa
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