Kangwanda Surname

213,109th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,932 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Kangwanda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kangwanda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia1,5161:10,4551,203
Malawi2881:59,4418,056
DR Congo1161:636,89347,292
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

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.

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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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kangwanda
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