Kankwe Surname
Approximately 90 people bear this surname
Kankwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 77 | 1:2,300,555 | 77,632 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kankwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kankwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kankwe is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kankwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kankwe is the 1,967,751st most commonly used family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 80,972,732 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kankwe live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Kankwe is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 77 people, or 1 in 2,300,555. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 81 percent are found, Lagos, where 16 percent are found and Rivers, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria Kankwe is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 13 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kankwes | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kankwet | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kankwee | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kankw | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kankwehe | 86 | 2 | / |
| Katenkwe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kangwe | 83 | 1,176 | / |
| Konkwe | 83 | 582 | / |
| Kankwa | 83 | 103 | / |
| Kankwi | 83 | 90 | / |
| Khankw | 83 | 9 | / |
| Kankue | 83 | 5 | / |
| Kamkwe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Kaingwe | 77 | 239 | / |
| Kaungwe | 77 | 130 | / |
| Kangwej | 77 | 82 | / |
| Kangwei | 77 | 17 | / |
| Kainkwa | 77 | 15 | / |
| Khankwa | 77 | 14 | / |
| Kang'we | 77 | 8 | / |
| Kangwee | 77 | 4 | / |
| Kankuie | 77 | 3 | / |
| Kangwea | 77 | 2 | / |
| Konkwer | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kan'gwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Konkwet | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kangw'e | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kangweh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kangwed | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kgonkwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kahungwe | 71 | 135 | / |
| Kahangwe | 71 | 24 | / |
| Kongkwet | 71 | 13 | / |
| Kounkweh | 71 | 9 | / |
| Kangkuea | 71 | 8 | / |
| Kongkwej | 71 | 5 | / |
| Katingwe | 71 | 5 | / |
| Kangwije | 71 | 3 | / |
| Khaunkwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khankuer | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kaingkwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kang'wee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kankwaya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kankouet | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kangwech | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kasingwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kanqwhea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kaunkwai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kangwa | 67 | 48,209 | / |
| Cangwe | 67 | 2,510 | / |
| Konkwa | 67 | 1,861 | / |
| Kangue | 67 | 702 | / |
| Kongwe | 67 | 315 | / |
| Kanque | 67 | 134 | / |
| Qangwe | 67 | 22 | / |
| Kamkue | 67 | 18 | / |
| Kangwi | 67 | 18 | / |
| Kamgwe | 67 | 13 | / |
| Kangve | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kankui | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kangwajje | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khongkwet | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kongkweat | 67 | 2 | / |
| Komkwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kamkwi | 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
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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 Kankwe
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