Kangwende Surname

1,537,949th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 135 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Kangwende Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kangwende 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
Zimbabwe961:160,81520,064
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
England51:11,143,612252,590
Zambia41:3,962,48038,524
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Kangwende Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kangwende occurs most in Zimbabwe. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kangwende.

How Common Is The Last Name Kangwende? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,537,949th most prevalent last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 53,981,822 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Kangwende reside; 74 percent reside in Southern Africa and 74 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

Kangwende is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 96 people, or 1 in 160,815. In Zimbabwe Kangwende is mostly found in: Manicaland Province, where 27 percent live, Bulawayo Province, where 26 percent live and Harare Province, where 22 percent live. Beside Zimbabwe this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 20 percent live and England, where 4 percent live.

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
Kankwende89266/
Kangwenda89108/
Kang'wenda843/
Kankwenda78541/
Kangwindi78133/
Kankuende7837/
Canguende789/
Konguende784/
Kasingwindi7066/
Kankuenda67239/
Kamkwinde671/
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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 Kangwende
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