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 is found most frequently in Uganda. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawesi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 145,828th most widely held surname globally, held by around 1 in 2,394,856 people. The surname Kawesi occurs mostly 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. Kawesi is also the 1,874,099th most prevalent forename worldwide, held by 31 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is held by 2,860 people, or 1 in 13,650. In Uganda Kawesi is most prevalent in: Wakiso District, where 12 percent live, Kampala District, where 10 percent live and Rakai District, where 8 percent live. Beside Uganda it occurs 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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