Kanekwa Surname
Approximately 458 people bear this surname
Kanekwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 300 | 1:52,833 | 4,929 |
| DR Congo | 157 | 1:470,571 | 38,110 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Kanekwa (126) may also be a first name.
Kanekwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanekwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanekwa occurs most in Zambia. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanekwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kanekwa is the 657,184th most commonly held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 15,911,672 people. The surname Kanekwa is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanekwa are found; 66 percent are found in Southern Africa and 66 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Kanekwa is also the 829,183rd most widely held forename in the world It is held by 126 people.
The last name Kanekwa is most commonly occurring in Zambia, where it is carried by 300 people, or 1 in 52,833. In Zambia Kanekwa is most common in: Luapula Province, where 33 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 22 percent are found and Muchinga Province, where 21 percent are found. Besides Zambia this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 34 percent are found and Malawi, where 0 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Kanekwa
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