Kankwamba Surname

811,192nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 344 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Kankwamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Kankwamba 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
Malawi3401:50,3507,017
England41:13,929,515290,718

Kankwamba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kankwamba is found most frequently in Malawi. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kankwamba? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 811,192nd most frequent last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 21,184,726 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kankwamba live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most numerous in Malawi, where it is carried by 340 people, or 1 in 50,350. Apart from Malawi this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent reside.

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
Kakwamba94314/
Kangwamba892/
Kaikwamba891/
Kacwamba8255/
Kagwamba8223/
Kakuamba821/
Kangwemba7896/
Kanguamba782/
Kongwamba781/
Kagwambo71293/
Kaguamba71164/
Kokuamba711/
Kangbambi674/
Kangwanwat634/
Kangwanwas631/
Kaitkwanboot571/
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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 Kankwamba
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