Kawamya Surname
Approximately 68 people bear this surname
Kawamya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 66 | 1:240,150 | 14,690 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Kawamya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawamya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kawamya is found in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawamya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,312,869th most widely held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 107,169,793 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kawamya live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most widely held in Zambia, where it is carried by 66 people, or 1 in 240,150. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Copperbelt Province, where 79 percent live, Luapula Province, where 8 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 6 percent live. Aside from Zambia it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 1 percent live and Iceland, where 1 percent live.
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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 Kawamya
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