Kawesi Surname
Approximately 3,043 people bear this surname
Kawesi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 2,860 | 1:13,650 | 2,187 |
| Tanzania | 123 | 1:430,420 | 30,093 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kawesi (31) may also be a first name.
Kawesi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawesi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kawesi occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Kawesi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawesi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 145,828th most prevalent surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,394,856 people. The surname Kawesi occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kawesi live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 31 people.
The surname Kawesi is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is carried by 2,860 people, or 1 in 13,650. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Wakiso District, where 12 percent live, Kampala District, where 10 percent live and Rakai District, where 8 percent live. Besides Uganda Kawesi is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 4 percent live and The DR Congo, 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 Kawesi
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