Kankwu Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Kankwu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kankwu 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
Cameroon51:4,153,814129,697
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603

Kankwu Last Name Facts

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

Kankwu is found most in Cameroon. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kankwu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kankwu are found; 63 percent are found in Central Africa and 63 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name Kankwu is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 4,153,814. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 100 percent live. Excluding Cameroon this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 38 percent live.

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
Kainkwu923/
Kakwu9116/
Kangwu8333/
Kakwau8321/
Konkwu835/
Kakw'u832/
Kamkwu831/
Kakwui831/
Kakwut831/
Kachkwu773/
Kangwui771/
Kankwoe771/
Kokwu7319/
Kagwu732/
Kongwu6712/
Kamgwu671/
Caukwu671/
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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 Kankwu
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