Kandowa Surname
Approximately 441 people bear this surname
Kandowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 327 | 1:7,368 | 1,440 |
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 1:1,029,216 | 63,831 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Kandowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kandowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kandowa is carried by more people in Namibia than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kandowa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kandowa is the 676,370th most frequently occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 16,525,047 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Kandowa are found; 78 percent are found in Southern Africa and 78 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Namibia, where it is held by 327 people, or 1 in 7,368. In Namibia Kandowa is mostly concentrated in: Omusati Region, where 54 percent reside, Khomas Region, where 15 percent reside and Erongo Region, where 14 percent reside. Not including Namibia this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 19 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 3 percent reside.
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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
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