Khaminwa Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Khaminwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Khaminwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya161:2,886,24437,784
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Khaminwa (13) may also be a first name.

Khaminwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Khaminwa is found most frequently in Kenya. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Khaminwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Khaminwa is the 4,649,889th most commonly held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 89 percent of Khaminwa live; 89 percent live in East Africa and 89 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Khaminwa is also the 3,159,357th most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 13 people.

The surname Khaminwa is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 2,886,244. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Nairobi County, where 56 percent reside, Kakamega County, where 25 percent reside and Kilifi County, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Kenya this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 6 percent reside and The United States, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kaminwa93311/
Kaminwai881/
Kaiminwa881/
Khamimwa881/
Kaminwaz881/
Haminway880/
Kaminwash821/
Kamenwa80381/
Kaminua80124/
Khamnua802/
Jaminwa801/
Kaminba801/
Kamimwa801/
Khamuenwai781/
Khamnuap75151/
Khamnuea7561/
Hamenway750/
Khammuenwai74154/
Hamnba715/
Kamnua711/
Kemnwa711/
Kamnva711/
Heamenway710/
Khamnui6789/
Kamenwe6724/
Chamuenwai678/
Kaminue674/
Kehmenwuah671/
Houmnwa671/
Kamhnua671/
Kammuenwai671/
Qamnwas671/

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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 Khaminwa
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