Kawemba Surname
Approximately 1,371 people bear this surname
Kawemba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 404 | 1:96,632 | 9,816 |
| Zambia | 368 | 1:43,070 | 4,199 |
| DR Congo | 253 | 1:292,014 | 26,830 |
| Tanzania | 252 | 1:210,086 | 17,710 |
| Zimbabwe | 92 | 1:167,807 | 20,631 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kawemba (49) may also be a first name.
Kawemba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawemba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kawemba occurs most in Uganda. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawemba? popularity and diffusion
Kawemba is the 281,430th most commonly occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 5,315,497 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kawemba live; 48 percent live in East Africa and 48 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,430,306th most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 49 people.
It is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is held by 404 people, or 1 in 96,632. In Uganda it is most common in: Mubende District, where 16 percent reside, Wakiso District, where 11 percent reside and Mayuge District, where 10 percent reside. Not including Uganda this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 27 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 18 percent reside.
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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 Kawemba
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