Kashonde Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Kashonde Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Kashonde (22) may also be a first name.
Kashonde Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kashonde Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kashonde is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kashonde? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,213,395th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kashonde live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kashonde is also the 2,301,746th most widespread first name throughout the world, borne by 22 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 3,253,273. In Uganda Kashonde is most common in: Ssembabule District, where 50 percent live, Sheema District, where 42 percent live and Bushenyi District, where 8 percent live. Not including Uganda Kashonde occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 7 percent live and Tanzania, where 7 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 Kashonde
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