Kandawire Surname

565,092nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 560 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Kandawire Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kandawire Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi3401:50,3507,017
Zambia991:160,10011,305
South Africa761:712,86550,752
Zimbabwe231:671,22849,171
United States191:19,076,786604,894
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Kandawire Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kandawire Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kandawire is found most in Malawi. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Kandawire click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kandawire? popularity and diffusion

Kandawire is the 565,092nd most frequently held family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 13,013,475 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Kandawire live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most widely held in Malawi, where it is borne by 340 people, or 1 in 50,350. Besides Malawi it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 18 percent reside and South Africa, where 14 percent reside.

Kandawire Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Kandawire earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 90.44% more than the national average, earning R 452,556 per year and in United States they earn 0.81% more than the national average, earning $43,500 USD per year.

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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 Kandawire
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