Kanamwangi Surname
Approximately 308 people bear this surname
Kanamwangi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 296 | 1:131,889 | 12,147 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Kanamwangi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanamwangi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanamwangi is found most in Uganda. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanamwangi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 876,631st most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 23,660,863 people. The last name Kanamwangi is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kanamwangi reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Kanamwangi is most common in Uganda, where it is held by 296 people, or 1 in 131,889. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Wakiso District, where 27 percent reside, Luweero District, where 15 percent reside and Mukono District, where 12 percent reside. Aside from Uganda it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kannamwangi | 95 | 13 | / |
| Kanamwanji | 90 | 127 | / |
| Kanamwanga | 90 | 19 | / |
| Kanamwange | 90 | 2 | / |
| Kanamwanjji | 86 | 5 | / |
| Kannamwanji | 86 | 4 | / |
| Kanamwanje | 80 | 96 | / |
| Kanamwanza | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kanamwansa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kannamwanje | 76 | 1 | / |
| Kangomuangi | 76 | 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
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- 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 Kanamwangi
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