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 last name Kawembe occurs most in Kenya. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawembe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kawembe is the 723,769th most frequently held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 18,128,224 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kawembe live; 91 percent live in East Africa and 91 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 657,437th most numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 191 people.
It is most common in Kenya, where it is carried by 219 people, or 1 in 210,867. In Kenya Kawembe is most common in: Kitui County, where 70 percent reside, Machakos County, where 27 percent reside and Makueni County, where 2 percent reside. Not including Kenya this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 31 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 8 percent reside.
Kawembe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Kawembe surname is principally 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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