Kaswende Surname

268,256th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,455 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Zambia

Kaswende Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kaswende Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania5431:97,4989,656
DR Congo5061:146,00715,343
Zambia4031:39,3303,914
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kaswende (62) may also be a first name.

Kaswende Last Name Facts

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

Kaswende is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kaswende? popularity and diffusion

It is the 268,256th most frequent family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 5,008,623 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kaswende are found; 37 percent are found in East Africa and 37 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,246,114th most widespread first name at a global level, held by 62 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 543 people, or 1 in 97,498. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Shinyanga Region, where 38 percent are found, Geita Region, where 30 percent are found and Simiyu Region, where 30 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 35 percent are found and Zambia, where 28 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kashwende947/
Kasuende88358/
Kaswenda8841/
Kaswendi8831/
Kaswinde884/
Kassuende829/
Kachwende823/
Kashwenda821/
Koswenda7518/
Koswendi7516/
Kasuenda751/
Cassuende7110/
Kashwindi711/
Kasbindhi591/
Cassuenda591/

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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 Kaswende
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