Kangwenya Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Kangwenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 24 | 1:660,413 | 25,715 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kangwenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kangwenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kangwenya is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kangwenya.
How Common Is The Last Name Kangwenya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kangwenya is the 3,882,373rd most frequently occurring family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. The surname Kangwenya is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kangwenya live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Zambia, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 660,413. In Zambia Kangwenya is primarily found in: Southern Province, where 83 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 8 percent live and Central Province, where 4 percent live. Apart from Zambia this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 4 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kang'wenya | 95 | 4 | / |
| Kangwenye | 89 | 21 | / |
| Kangwenja | 89 | 1 | / |
| Kankwenya | 89 | 1 | / |
| Kangwanya | 89 | 1 | / |
| Kakwenya | 82 | 447 | / |
| Kankwanya | 78 | 23 | / |
| Kangwanja | 78 | 1 | / |
| Khongwinya | 74 | 8 | / |
| Kangwanjiy | 74 | 1 | / |
| Kanguenji | 67 | 27 | / |
| Kanguenjo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kamkwinya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kankwenge | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khongvinya | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kanguinji | 56 | 21 | / |
| Canguinha | 56 | 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
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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 Kangwenya
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