Kongwe Surname
Approximately 315 people bear this surname
Kongwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 83 | 1:26,349 | 5,307 |
| Cameroon | 78 | 1:266,270 | 25,687 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Tanzania | 65 | 1:814,486 | 42,828 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Kongwe (294) may also be a first name.
Kongwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kongwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kongwe is found most frequently in Botswana. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kongwe.
How Common Is The Last Name Kongwe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 862,604th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 23,135,066 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kongwe are found; 46 percent are found in Central Africa and 46 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 514,566th most frequent first name on earth, held by 294 people.
The surname Kongwe is most frequently used in Botswana, where it is borne by 83 people, or 1 in 26,349. Outside of Botswana it is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 25 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 22 percent reside.
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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 Kongwe
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