Kandekwe Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Rwanda

Kandekwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kandekwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
Rwanda41:2,841,2443,611
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Kandekwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kandekwe is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kandekwe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kandekwe is the 5,391,485th most numerous family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname Kandekwe occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of Kandekwe are found; 69 percent are found in East Africa and 69 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 7,807,856. In Uganda Kandekwe is primarily found in: Kampala District, where 20 percent reside, Kamwenge District, where 20 percent reside and Mityana District, where 20 percent reside. Not including Uganda this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Rwanda, where 31 percent reside and Sweden, where 15 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kandokwe8818/
Kandakwe881/
Kandogwe7519/
Kandagwe751/
Kondegwe751/
Kondegue6318/
Kandigue6313/
Kandegui633/
Kondokwi632/
Kondogwe631/
Kandigwa631/
Kondague508/
Kandigui502/
Kondigwa501/
Condegue501/

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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 Kandekwe
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