Kawisha Surname
Approximately 2,883 people bear this surname
Kawisha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 2,209 | 1:7,175 | 857 |
| DR Congo | 670 | 1:110,268 | 12,156 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kawisha (112) may also be a first name.
Kawisha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawisha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kawisha occurs most in Zambia. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawisha? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 152,611th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 2,527,765 people. The last name Kawisha is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kawisha live; 77 percent live in Southern Africa and 77 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kawisha is also the 885,979th most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 112 people.
It is most common in Zambia, where it is held by 2,209 people, or 1 in 7,175. In Zambia Kawisha is most frequent in: North-Western Province, where 36 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 19 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 18 percent live. Besides Zambia it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 23 percent live and Tanzania, where 0 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 Kawisha
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