Kawimbe Surname

215,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,902 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Kawimbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kawimbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia1,2291:12,8971,469
Tanzania5761:91,9139,201
DR Congo621:1,191,60673,277
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
England81:6,964,757184,742
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187

Kawimbe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kawimbe Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kawimbe is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kawimbe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 215,889th most frequent family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 3,831,517 people. The last name Kawimbe is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kawimbe live; 66 percent live in Southern Africa and 66 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is borne by 1,229 people, or 1 in 12,897. In Zambia it is most common in: Lusaka Province, where 30 percent are found, Northern Province, where 27 percent are found and Copperbelt Province, where 20 percent are found. Besides Zambia Kawimbe exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 30 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kawembe86402/
Kawimba86232/
Kawimbi86142/
Kavimbe8616/
Kawumbe866/
Kaswimbi803/
Kahwembe801/
Khawumbe801/
Kawmba771/
Kewmbe771/
Kawemba711,371/
Kavimba71511/
Kavembe71256/
Kavimbi7133/
Kawumbi7113/
Kavumbe711/
Cavimbe711/
Kahwemba6765/
Kavhimba6724/
Khabimbi679/
Kabeembe676/
Kewembeh674/
Khabembe673/
Kaweemba672/
Kajuimba672/
Kabhimbi671/
Kawhemba671/
Kawemmba671/
Kavhembe671/

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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
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  • 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 Kawimbe
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