Kaswahili Surname
Approximately 6,186 people bear this surname
Kaswahili Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 6,181 | 1:8,565 | 1,131 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Kaswahili (355) may also be a first name.
Kaswahili Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaswahili Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kaswahili is most common in Tanzania. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaswahili? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 78,925th most numerous last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 1,178,071 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kaswahili live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 462,374th most frequent given name at a global level, borne by 355 people.
The last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 6,181 people, or 1 in 8,565. In Tanzania it is most common in: Geita Region, where 27 percent reside, Mwanza Region, where 25 percent reside and Shinyanga Region, where 16 percent reside. Besides Tanzania Kaswahili occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 0 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Kaswahili
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