Kawiza Surname
Approximately 926 people bear this surname
Kawiza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 340 | 1:50,350 | 7,017 |
| Zambia | 316 | 1:50,158 | 4,728 |
| Tanzania | 174 | 1:304,262 | 23,403 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Zimbabwe | 47 | 1:328,473 | 31,980 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Kawiza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawiza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kawiza occurs more in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kawiza.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawiza? popularity and diffusion
Kawiza is the 384,027th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 7,869,920 people. The last name Kawiza occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kawiza live; 76 percent live in Southern Africa and 76 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is carried by 340 people, or 1 in 50,350. Barring Malawi this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 34 percent reside and Tanzania, where 19 percent reside.
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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 Kawiza
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