Kandiko Surname

1,006,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 253 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Kandiko Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kandiko Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1051:147,03118,799
United States611:5,941,950288,805
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Papua New Guinea201:407,68653,132
Argentina151:2,849,561122,961
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

The alternate forms: Kandikó (116) are calculated separately.

Kandiko (315) may also be a first name.

Kandiko Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kandiko is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant: Kandikó. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kandiko? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,006,539th most commonly held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 28,804,529 people. The last name Kandiko occurs mostly in Africa, where 59 percent of Kandiko reside; 45 percent reside in Southern Africa and 45 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 494,917th most frequently used first name globally It is held by 315 people.

Kandiko is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 105 people, or 1 in 147,031. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Manicaland Province, where 82 percent reside, Mashonaland East Province, where 9 percent reside and Harare Province, where 8 percent reside. Barring Zimbabwe this surname is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 24 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 13 percent reside.

Kandiko Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kandiko last name are 0.59999999999999% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 52.63% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Kandiko earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 25.73% less than the national average, earning R 176,496 per year and in United States they earn 33.19% more than the national average, earning $57,468 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 Kandiko
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