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 last name Kashawa occurs most in Namibia. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kashawa? popularity and diffusion
Kashawa is the 820,032nd most commonly held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 21,497,186 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kashawa are found; 79 percent are found in Southern Africa and 79 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Kashawa is also the 617,781st most widespread first name globally, borne by 214 people.
The last name is most widespread in Namibia, where it is held by 112 people, or 1 in 21,513. In Namibia Kashawa is most frequent in: Omusati Region, where 96 percent live, Oshana Region, where 4 percent live and Oshikoto Region, where 1 percent live. Apart from Namibia it occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 25 percent live and Zambia, where 20 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 Kashawa
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