Kavanga Surname
Approximately 1,142 people bear this surname
Kavanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 752 | 1:70,401 | 7,389 |
| DR Congo | 157 | 1:470,571 | 38,110 |
| Namibia | 131 | 1:18,392 | 3,222 |
| Kenya | 48 | 1:962,081 | 34,106 |
| Zimbabwe | 27 | 1:571,787 | 44,609 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Kavanga (65) may also be a first name.
Kavanga Demographics
Kavanga Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kavanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kavanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kavanga (Hindi: कवांगा, Russian: Каванга) is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kavanga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 325,707th most frequent surname globally, held by around 1 in 6,381,389 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kavanga are found; 70 percent are found in East Africa and 70 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,212,820th most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 65 people.
The last name Kavanga is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 752 people, or 1 in 70,401. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Kigoma Region, where 36 percent live, Mtwara Region, where 25 percent live and Tabora Region, where 17 percent live. Not including Tanzania Kavanga exists in 13 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 14 percent live and Namibia, where 11 percent live.
Kavanga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Kavanga last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kavanga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kavanga in the Hindi language | ||
| कवांगा | kavanga | - |
| Kavanga in the Russian language | ||
| Каванга | kavanga | - |
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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 Kavanga
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