Kankobwe Surname
Approximately 488 people bear this surname
Kankobwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 447 | 1:35,458 | 3,572 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
Kankobwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kankobwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kankobwe occurs in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kankobwe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 627,290th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 14,933,496 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kankobwe live; 92 percent live in Southern Africa and 92 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Kankobwe is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is carried by 447 people, or 1 in 35,458. In Zambia it is primarily found in: Copperbelt Province, where 43 percent reside, Central Province, where 30 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 27 percent reside. Excluding Zambia it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 8 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 Kankobwe
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