Kangwanda Surname
Approximately 1,932 people bear this surname
Kangwanda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 1,516 | 1:10,455 | 1,203 |
| Malawi | 288 | 1:59,441 | 8,056 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Kangwanda (351) may also be a first name.
Kangwanda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kangwanda Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kangwanda has its highest incidence in Zambia. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kangwanda click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kangwanda? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kangwanda is the 213,109th most widely held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,772,022 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kangwanda reside; 94 percent reside in Southern Africa and 94 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 465,148th most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 351 people.
The last name Kangwanda is most common in Zambia, where it is borne by 1,516 people, or 1 in 10,455. In Zambia Kangwanda is primarily concentrated in: Western Province, where 50 percent reside, North-Western Province, where 15 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 11 percent reside. Beside Zambia this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 15 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kang'wanda | 95 | 24 | / |
| Katingwanda | 90 | 1 | / |
| Kankwanda | 89 | 256 | / |
| Kanguanda | 89 | 56 | / |
| Kangwandi | 89 | 22 | / |
| Kangbanda | 89 | 21 | / |
| Kangwande | 89 | 2 | / |
| Kangwamda | 89 | 1 | / |
| Kasing'wanda | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kangwandet | 84 | 20 | / |
| Kangwandej | 84 | 11 | / |
| Kangwandee | 84 | 3 | / |
| Kangwandech | 80 | 2 | / |
| Canguanda | 78 | 10 | / |
| Kamkwanda | 78 | 1 | / |
| Kankuanda | 78 | 1 | / |
| Khongwandi | 74 | 119 | / |
| Khongwandee | 70 | 4 | / |
| Kongbandi | 67 | 34 | / |
| Kankuande | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kongbande | 67 | 1 | / |
| Konghuandi | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kongkuamdee | 50 | 1 | / |
| Khoonkwamdi | 50 | 1 | / |
| Koonkwamdee | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Kangwanda
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