Kazwala Surname

788,513th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 358 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kazwala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kazwala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3531:149,97613,619
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Kazwala (15) may also be a first name.

Kazwala Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kazwala is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kazwala? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kazwala is the 788,513th most commonly used last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 20,356,274 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kazwala live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kazwala is also the 2,900,335th most widespread first name world-wide. It is borne by 15 people.

Kazwala is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 353 people, or 1 in 149,976. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Rukwa Region, where 42 percent are found, Morogoro Region, where 37 percent are found and Pwani Region, where 18 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania Kazwala exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 1 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kazwela86118/
Kazuala8634/
Kachwala802,883/
Kajwaula80173/
Kajwaala802/
Khazwali801/
Kazzwale801/
Kachwalla75134/
Katshwala754/
Kachhwala751/
Kasuala7181/
Kazuela7168/
Kasvala7152/
Kajvala717/
Kajwalo712/
Kazuola711/
Kajuala711/
Kachvala6711/
Khasvala674/
Kochwala671/

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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 Kazwala
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