Kashawa Surname
Approximately 339 people bear this surname
Kashawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 112 | 1:21,513 | 3,696 |
| Zimbabwe | 85 | 1:181,626 | 21,765 |
| Zambia | 67 | 1:236,566 | 14,543 |
| Nigeria | 64 | 1:2,767,856 | 88,308 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kashawa (214) may also be a first name.
Kashawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kashawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kashawa occurs in Namibia more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kashawa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kashawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kashawa is the 820,032nd most commonly occurring surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 21,497,186 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kashawa reside; 79 percent reside in Southern Africa and 79 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 617,781st most widely held forename in the world, held by 214 people.
Kashawa is most frequently held in Namibia, where it is carried by 112 people, or 1 in 21,513. In Namibia Kashawa is most prevalent in: Omusati Region, where 96 percent are found, Oshana Region, where 4 percent are found and Oshikoto Region, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Namibia this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 25 percent are found and Zambia, where 20 percent are found.
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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 Kashawa
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