Kawishi Surname

618,896th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 497 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Kawishi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kawishi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia2481:63,9115,704
DR Congo1441:513,05340,658
Zimbabwe1041:148,44518,938
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Kawishi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kawishi is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kawishi? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kawishi is the 618,896th most frequent family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 14,663,070 people. The last name Kawishi is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kawishi live; 71 percent live in Southern Africa and 71 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Kawishi is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is held by 248 people, or 1 in 63,911. In Zambia Kawishi is most prevalent in: North-Western Province, where 44 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 39 percent live and Western Province, where 8 percent live. Outside of Zambia this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 29 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 21 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 Kawishi
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