Kawesha Surname
Approximately 747 people bear this surname
Kawesha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 632 | 1:25,079 | 2,671 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kawesha (13) may also be a first name.
Kawesha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawesha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kawesha occurs most in Zambia. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawesha? popularity and diffusion
It is the 453,909th most frequent family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 9,755,751 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kawesha are found; 85 percent are found in Southern Africa and 85 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Kawesha is also the 3,159,357th most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 13 people.
Kawesha is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is carried by 632 people, or 1 in 25,079. In Zambia it is most numerous in: Luapula Province, where 32 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 26 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 14 percent live. Not including Zambia this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 13 percent live and England, where 2 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 Kawesha
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