Kankwa Surname
Approximately 103 people bear this surname
Kankwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 47 | 1:337,232 | 18,059 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kankwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kankwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kankwa is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kankwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kankwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,817,111th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 70,752,873 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Kankwa reside; 47 percent reside in Southern Africa and 47 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Zambia, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 337,232. In Zambia it is most frequent in: Central Province, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Zambia Kankwa exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 33 percent reside and Thailand, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kainkwa | 92 | 15 | / |
| Khankwa | 92 | 14 | / |
| Kankhwa | 92 | 4 | / |
| Khankhwa | 86 | 883 | / |
| Kaunkwai | 86 | 1 | / |
| Khaunkwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kaingkwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kankwaya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kangwa | 83 | 48,209 | / |
| Konkwa | 83 | 1,861 | / |
| Kankwi | 83 | 90 | / |
| Kankwe | 83 | 90 | / |
| Kankua | 83 | 61 | / |
| Kamkwa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Kankwo | 83 | 2 | / |
| Kaingwa | 77 | 216 | / |
| Kaungwa | 77 | 176 | / |
| Khangwa | 77 | 147 | / |
| Kangwai | 77 | 28 | / |
| Kangwat | 77 | 9 | / |
| Kangwaa | 77 | 4 | / |
| Kangwea | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kang'wa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kankuah | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kamkwai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kankuha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Khankua | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kankwes | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kaangwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kankwee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kankwet | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kangkua | 77 | 1 | / |
| Konkwai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kahangwa | 71 | 1,484 | / |
| Kaing'wa | 71 | 50 | / |
| Kaningwa | 71 | 21 | / |
| Kangw'aa | 71 | 10 | / |
| Kangwaha | 71 | 10 | / |
| Kangkuea | 71 | 8 | / |
| Kankwehe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kan'gwaa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khangwat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kongkwat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kang'waa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kangwoha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Katenkwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kanqwhea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Keankuah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khankuad | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kongwa | 67 | 3,796 | / |
| Kangwe | 67 | 1,176 | / |
| Konkwe | 67 | 582 | / |
| Kangua | 67 | 165 | / |
| Konkwo | 67 | 152 | / |
| Kamgwa | 67 | 20 | / |
| Kangwi | 67 | 18 | / |
| Cankwo | 67 | 9 | / |
| Kankuo | 67 | 9 | / |
| Kankue | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kongkweat | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kankui | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kangwo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kangwajje | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kamkwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Konkua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaangwaha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kangva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cangwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Komkwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kateengwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khoonkhwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaisingwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kamkwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaneengwa | 67 | 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
- 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 Kankwa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis