Kasawaya Surname

452,102nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 751 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Kasawaya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kasawaya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe7411:20,8343,105
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
England31:18,572,686338,250
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432

Kasawaya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kasawaya is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kasawaya.

How Common Is The Last Name Kasawaya? popularity and diffusion

Kasawaya is the 452,102nd most numerous family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 9,703,790 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kasawaya reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 741 people, or 1 in 20,834. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Mashonaland East Province, where 38 percent live, Midlands Province, where 20 percent live and Harare Province, where 15 percent live. Beside Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 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
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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 Kasawaya
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