Kawembe Surname
Approximately 402 people bear this surname
Kawembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 219 | 1:210,867 | 15,070 |
| Tanzania | 123 | 1:430,420 | 30,093 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Uganda | 23 | 1:1,697,360 | 58,907 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Kawembe (191) may also be a first name.
Kawembe Demographics
Kawembe Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kawembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kawembe occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawembe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 723,769th most widespread surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 18,128,224 people. Kawembe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kawembe reside; 91 percent reside in East Africa and 91 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kawembe is also the 657,437th most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 191 people.
The last name Kawembe is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is carried by 219 people, or 1 in 210,867. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Kitui County, where 70 percent are found, Machakos County, where 27 percent are found and Makueni County, where 2 percent are found. Barring Kenya it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 31 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 8 percent are found.
Kawembe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Kawembe last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Kawembe
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