Kumkwawa Surname
Approximately 384 people bear this surname
Kumkwawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 235 | 1:72,847 | 9,384 |
| Tanzania | 149 | 1:355,313 | 26,378 |
Kumkwawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kumkwawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kumkwawa is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kumkwawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kumkwawa is the 748,537th most widespread surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 18,977,984 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kumkwawa reside; 61 percent reside in Southern Africa and 61 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widespread in Malawi, where it is held by 235 people, or 1 in 72,847. Excluding Malawi Kumkwawa is found in one country. It is also common in Tanzania, where 39 percent live.
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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 Kumkwawa
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