Kankungwe Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Kankungwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 8 | 1:1,981,240 | 32,669 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Kankungwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kankungwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kankungwe has its highest incidence in Zambia. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kankungwe? popularity and diffusion
Kankungwe is the 5,587,209th most widely held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kankungwe live; 67 percent live in Southern Africa and 67 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Kankungwe is most widespread in Zambia, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 1,981,240. In Zambia it is primarily found in: Lusaka Province, where 50 percent are found, Central Province, where 13 percent are found and Luapula Province, where 13 percent are found. Not including Zambia this surname exists in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 33 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kankhungwe | 95 | 4 | / |
| Kankungwa | 89 | 104 | / |
| Kankhungwa | 84 | 14 | / |
| Kankungua | 78 | 1 | / |
| Kankokwe | 71 | 58 | / |
| Kankukwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kancukwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kankhokwe | 67 | 314 | / |
| Kankhukwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Konkongkwai | 60 | 1 | / |
| Kounkougui | 53 | 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 Kankungwe
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