Kankwenda Surname

580,291st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 541 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Botswana

Kankwenda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kankwenda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo4991:148,05515,508
Botswana171:128,64318,229
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613

Kankwenda (41) may also be a first name.

Kankwenda Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kankwenda is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kankwenda? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 580,291st most commonly occurring family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 13,470,510 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Kankwenda are found; 92 percent are found in Central Africa and 92 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Kankwenda is also the 1,590,275th most frequently held forename throughout the world It is held by 41 people.

The surname is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 499 people, or 1 in 148,055. Without taking into account The DR Congo it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 3 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.

Kankwenda Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Kankwenda earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 129.44% more than the national average, earning $99,000 USD per year and in Canada they earn 44.81% less than the national average, earning $27,418 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kankwende89266/
Kankuenda89239/
Kangwenda89108/
Kang'wenda843/
Kangwende78135/
Kankuende7837/
Kanguenda784/
Kangwindi67133/
Canguenda674/
Kamkwinde671/
Kasingwindi6066/
Canguende569/
Konguende564/

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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 Kankwenda
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