Kangwana Surname

270,886th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,439 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kangwana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kangwana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1,4271:32,3623,530
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
England21:27,859,030389,889
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Kangwana (89) may also be a first name.

Kangwana Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kangwana occurs most in Kenya. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kangwana? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 270,886th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 5,064,313 people. Kangwana is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kangwana reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 67 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,011,231st most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 89 people.

The surname Kangwana is most widespread in Kenya, where it is held by 1,427 people, or 1 in 32,362. In Kenya Kangwana is most frequent in: Kisii County, where 30 percent reside, Nyamira County, where 27 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 16 percent reside. Excluding Kenya this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Kangwana Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Kangwana surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Kangwana
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