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
The surname Kawesi occurs more in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kawesi.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawesi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 145,828th most common last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 2,394,856 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kawesi are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most common forename at a global level, borne by 31 people.
Kawesi is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is held by 2,860 people, or 1 in 13,650. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Wakiso District, where 12 percent reside, Kampala District, where 10 percent reside and Rakai District, where 8 percent reside. Other than Uganda Kawesi exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 4 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside.
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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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