Kentwa Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Kentwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kentwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kentwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kentwa occurs more in Botswana more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kentwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,034,050th most frequently occurring family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname Kentwa is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kentwa are found; 96 percent are found in Southern Africa and 96 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently held in Botswana, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 99,406. Barring Botswana Kentwa exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 4 percent live and South Africa, where 4 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
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- 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 Kentwa
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