Kawanda Surname
Approximately 2,927 people bear this surname
Kawanda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 1,376 | 1:11,519 | 1,327 |
| DR Congo | 1,122 | 1:65,846 | 7,761 |
| Malawi | 209 | 1:81,910 | 10,289 |
| Tanzania | 84 | 1:630,257 | 38,555 |
| Zimbabwe | 75 | 1:205,843 | 23,645 |
| Uganda | 33 | 1:1,183,008 | 47,935 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Kawanda (662) may also be a first name.
Kawanda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawanda Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kawanda is found in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawanda? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 150,644th most widely held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 2,489,766 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kawanda live; 57 percent live in Southern Africa and 57 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kawanda is also the 322,620th most commonly used forename at a global level, held by 662 people.
Kawanda is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is held by 1,376 people, or 1 in 11,519. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: North-Western Province, where 38 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 23 percent are found and Western Province, where 16 percent are found. Not including Zambia Kawanda occurs in 18 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 38 percent are found and Malawi, where 7 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 Kawanda
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