Kawenja Surname
Approximately 403 people bear this surname
Kawenja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 402 | 1:97,113 | 9,840 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Kawenja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawenja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kawenja is found most frequently in Uganda. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawenja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 722,496th most commonly held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 18,083,240 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kawenja reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Kawenja is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is held by 402 people, or 1 in 97,113. In Uganda Kawenja is most numerous in: Wakiso District, where 43 percent live, Kampala District, where 18 percent live and Luweero District, where 13 percent live. Barring Uganda this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Sweden, where 0 percent live.
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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 Kawenja
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