Kanakwa Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Kanakwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 33 | 1:73,012 | 7,607 |
| Uganda | 25 | 1:1,561,571 | 56,175 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kanakwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanakwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanakwa occurs most in Namibia. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanakwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kanakwa is the 2,372,517th most frequent surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 112,116,091 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanakwa are found; 52 percent are found in Southern Africa and 52 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Kanakwa is most frequently held in Namibia, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 73,012. In Namibia it is primarily concentrated in: Khomas Region, where 100 percent are found. Other than Namibia this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 38 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khanakwa | 93 | 1,745 | / |
| Kanakwad | 93 | 1 | / |
| Khanakhwa | 88 | 4 | / |
| Kanhakhwa | 88 | 4 | / |
| Kanakwaya | 88 | 2 | / |
| Kanagwa | 86 | 568 | / |
| Kanekwa | 86 | 458 | / |
| Kanokwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kanakwe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Khanakhwaj | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kaneakua | 80 | 200 | / |
| Kangagwa | 80 | 27 | / |
| Khanagwa | 80 | 22 | / |
| Kanaggwa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kanokwat | 80 | 2 | / |
| Khanakwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kainagwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kanankwo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kaneaukua | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kahanagwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kenagwa | 71 | 148 | / |
| Kenekwa | 71 | 5 | / |
| Kanegwa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kanagwe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kanagba | 71 | 2 | / |
| Konagwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kanakui | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kangagua | 67 | 99 | / |
| Khanagua | 67 | 31 | / |
| Kanangwe | 67 | 7 | / |
| Kanhokwe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kanhakui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kāneakua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Konokwai | 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 Kanakwa
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