Kavungwe Surname
Approximately 124 people bear this surname
Kavungwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 120 | 1:441,180 | 30,663 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Kavungwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kavungwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kavungwe occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kavungwe? popularity and diffusion
Kavungwe is the 1,620,164th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 58,770,532 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kavungwe live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Kavungwe is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 120 people, or 1 in 441,180. In Tanzania Kavungwe is most frequent in: Kigoma Region, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 3 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 Kavungwe
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