Kawongo Surname

1,104,724th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 221 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Kawongo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kawongo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1111:351,70523,045
DR Congo1031:717,27751,618
Rwanda41:2,841,2443,611
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676

Kawongo Last Name Facts

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

Kawongo has its highest incidence in Uganda. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kawongo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,104,724th most numerous last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 32,975,321 people. Kawongo is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kawongo are found; 52 percent are found in East Africa and 52 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most common in Uganda, where it is borne by 111 people, or 1 in 351,705. In Uganda Kawongo is mostly concentrated in: Kamuli District, where 57 percent reside, Buyende District, where 21 percent reside and Kampala District, where 9 percent reside. Barring Uganda Kawongo occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 47 percent reside and Rwanda, where 2 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 Kawongo
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