Kimwake Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kimwake Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kimwake Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Kimwake Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kimwake is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kimwake? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,193,072nd most frequent surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kimwake live; 80 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Kimwake is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 11,544,975. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Machakos County, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kimwakie934/
Kimwaki86775/
Kimwaka8614/
Kimbake864/
Kimweke861/
Kimwack861/
Kaimwaka8039/
Kimwakoi801/
Kimwok779/
Kimvak772/
Kimbaki7196/
Kinwaki7128/
Kimuaki714/
Kimbakk714/
Kemwaka713/
Kimback713/
Kimuaka711/
Kmbak671/
Chinwake671/

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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 Kimwake
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