Kokwenda Surname

1,206,588th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 195 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kokwenda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kokwenda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1231:430,42030,093
Uganda721:542,21230,029

Kokwenda Last Name Facts

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

Kokwenda is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kokwenda? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,206,588th most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 37,372,030 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kokwenda are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 123 people, or 1 in 430,420. In Tanzania Kokwenda is most common in: Kagera Region, where 96 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 3 percent are found and Tabora Region, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 37 percent are found.

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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 Kokwenda
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