Karakwende Surname
Approximately 202 people bear this surname
Karakwende Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 198 | 1:197,168 | 15,905 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
Karakwende Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karakwende Come From? nationality or country of origin
Karakwende is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karakwende? popularity and diffusion
The last name Karakwende is the 1,177,228th most widespread last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 36,076,960 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Karakwende live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is carried by 198 people, or 1 in 197,168. In Uganda Karakwende is mostly found in: Ntungamo District, where 31 percent live, Isingiro District, where 15 percent live and Mbarara District, where 11 percent live. Outside of Uganda it is found in one country. It is also common in Rwanda, where 2 percent live.
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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 Karakwende
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