Kawanu Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Kawanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 54 | 1:293,517 | 16,670 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Kawanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kawanu is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawanu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,530,696th most commonly occurring family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kawanu reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most common in Zambia, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 293,517. In Zambia it is most common in: Lusaka Province, where 89 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 6 percent live and North-Western Province, where 6 percent live. Not including Zambia Kawanu exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 3 percent live and The DR Congo, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kawan'u | 92 | 17 | / |
| Kawanou | 92 | 9 | / |
| Kaewanu | 92 | 7 | / |
| Kawainui | 86 | 45 | / |
| Kajwangu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kawa'ngu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kawenu | 83 | 27 | / |
| Kewanu | 83 | 25 | / |
| Kavanu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kowanou | 77 | 223 | / |
| Kavangu | 77 | 160 | / |
| Kavanau | 77 | 57 | / |
| Kavanhu | 77 | 9 | / |
| Kouwanu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kawongu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kawonou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kaewonu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kouwanou | 71 | 1,086 | / |
| Kahuanui | 71 | 39 | / |
| Kewanouh | 71 | 7 | / |
| Kavanauh | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kawounou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kowannou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kabonu | 67 | 22 | / |
| Kavanauth | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kewenu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kavenu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kavonu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Cavanu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cabanu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kouwannou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kavanauch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kavahanou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kouwaynou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kavanaudh | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kawanu
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