Kawela Surname
Approximately 838 people bear this surname
Kawela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 581 | 1:127,159 | 13,690 |
| Namibia | 174 | 1:13,847 | 2,543 |
| Papua New Guinea | 28 | 1:291,204 | 39,406 |
| Zambia | 18 | 1:880,551 | 28,935 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Tanzania | 7 | 1:7,563,088 | 70,659 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Kawela (130) may also be a first name.
Kawela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kawela is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawela? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 415,385th most widespread surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,696,356 people. The last name Kawela occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Kawela live; 69 percent live in Central Africa and 69 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Kawela is also the 814,623rd most numerous first name globally. It is borne by 130 people.
This surname is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 581 people, or 1 in 127,159. Barring The DR Congo it is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Namibia, where 21 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, 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 Kawela
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