Kawambwa Surname
Approximately 3,060 people bear this surname
Kawambwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 2,908 | 1:18,206 | 2,325 |
| Zambia | 97 | 1:163,401 | 11,461 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Uganda | 14 | 1:2,788,520 | 78,087 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kawambwa (10) may also be a first name.
Kawambwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawambwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kawambwa is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawambwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 145,099th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 2,381,551 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kawambwa reside; 95 percent reside in East Africa and 95 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most numerous given name globally, borne by 10 people.
It is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 2,908 people, or 1 in 18,206. In Tanzania Kawambwa is mostly found in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 42 percent are found, Pwani Region, where 37 percent are found and Tanga Region, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 3 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 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 Kawambwa
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