Kaweza Surname
Approximately 855 people bear this surname
Kaweza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 391 | 1:135,401 | 12,574 |
| DR Congo | 301 | 1:245,447 | 23,516 |
| Zambia | 134 | 1:118,283 | 9,069 |
| Zimbabwe | 20 | 1:771,912 | 53,776 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kaweza (45) may also be a first name.
Kaweza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaweza Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kaweza is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaweza? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 408,845th most widespread surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 8,523,446 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kaweza are found; 47 percent are found in East Africa and 47 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Kaweza is also the 1,504,468th most commonly held given name in the world, held by 45 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 391 people, or 1 in 135,401. In Tanzania Kaweza is primarily found in: Morogoro Region, where 53 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 32 percent are found and Mbeya Region, where 13 percent are found. Besides Tanzania this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 35 percent are found and Zambia, where 16 percent are found.
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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 Kaweza
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