Kanguwo Surname

544,808th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 588 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Kanguwo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kanguwo Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi5491:31,1824,677
Zimbabwe391:395,85235,770

Kanguwo Last Name Facts

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

Kanguwo has its highest incidence in Malawi. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanguwo? popularity and diffusion

Kanguwo is the 544,808th most frequently held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 12,393,786 people. The surname Kanguwo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanguwo live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Kanguwo is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is carried by 549 people, or 1 in 31,182. Aside from Malawi this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kanenguwo882/
Kanguwa8696/
Kangubo862/
Kangiwa71823/
Kanguva7118/
Canguwa711/
Konguwa711/
Konguvo711/
Kongubo711/
Konguboi674/
Khangiwa672/
Kongoubo671/
Keanguva671/
Khangoeva636/
Koungoubou591/
Kangiva571/
Kongoeva533/
Kounguva531/
Khongoeva505/
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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 Kanguwo
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