Kinwasi Surname

1,581,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 129 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kinwasi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kinwasi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1281:413,60629,126
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Kinwasi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kinwasi is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kinwasi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kinwasi is the 1,581,912th most frequently used surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 56,492,604 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kinwasi reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Kinwasi is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 128 people, or 1 in 413,606. In Tanzania Kinwasi is most frequent in: Singida Region, where 91 percent are found, Arusha Region, where 7 percent are found and Mbeya Region, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kinwesi865/
Kinuasi864/
Kinwasa861/
Kinwessi807/
Kinbassi801/
Knwazi771/
Kemwasi715/
Kimwosi711/
Kenwesi711/
Chinuasi678/
Kimbashi674/
Kinbassy672/
Kinuachi671/
Chinweisi631/
Kenwasser631/
Chinwoussi591/
Chenwaussi591/
Kimwage57332/
Kimbase571/
Kimbaci571/
Kenweise531/
Kimbause530/
Kenweice530/
Kenboussi501/

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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 Kinwasi
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