Kaungwe Surname
Approximately 130 people bear this surname
Kaungwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 64 | 1:241,222 | 26,284 |
| Zambia | 35 | 1:452,855 | 21,237 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
Kaungwe (108) may also be a first name.
Kaungwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaungwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kaungwe occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Kaungwe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaungwe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,573,888th most common family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 56,058,046 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kaungwe reside; 84 percent reside in Southern Africa and 84 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Kaungwe is also the 904,892nd most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 108 people.
The last name is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 64 people, or 1 in 241,222. In Zimbabwe Kaungwe is mostly concentrated in: Midlands Province, where 64 percent are found, Mashonaland West Province, where 34 percent are found and Harare Province, where 2 percent are found. Not including Zimbabwe Kaungwe is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 27 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 16 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 Kaungwe
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