Kavilwa Surname
Approximately 254 people bear this surname
Kavilwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 249 | 1:212,617 | 17,846 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
Kavilwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kavilwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kavilwa is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kavilwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kavilwa is the 1,003,904th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 28,691,126 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kavilwa are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 249 people, or 1 in 212,617. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Iringa Region, where 63 percent are found, Morogoro Region, where 30 percent are found and Dodoma Region, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania Kavilwa occurs in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 2 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 Kavilwa
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