Kankwende Surname

973,426th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 266 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Kankwende Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kankwende Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo2331:317,08028,591
South Africa211:2,579,891103,459
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Kankwende Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kankwende is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kankwende? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 973,426th most frequently used family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 27,396,789 people. The surname Kankwende is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Kankwende live; 88 percent live in Central Africa and 88 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The surname is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 233 people, or 1 in 317,080. Beside The DR Congo this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 8 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.

Kankwende Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Kankwende earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 342.2% more than the national average, earning R 1,050,840 per year and in Canada they earn 6.55% less than the national average, earning $46,427 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kankhwende9511/
Kankwhende951/
Kankwenda89541/
Kangwende89135/
Kankuende8937/
Kankuenda78239/
Kangwenda78108/
Kamkwinde781/
Kang'wenda743/
Kangwindi67133/
Canguende679/
Konguende674/
Kasingwindi6066/

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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 Kankwende
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