Kumwala Surname
Approximately 113 people bear this surname
Kumwala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 83 | 1:190,963 | 12,723 |
| Zimbabwe | 30 | 1:514,608 | 41,883 |
Kumwala (71) may also be a first name.
Kumwala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kumwala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kumwala is held by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kumwala? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,718,748th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 64,491,557 people. Kumwala occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kumwala are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,152,838th most frequently held forename in the world, held by 71 people.
The last name Kumwala is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is carried by 83 people, or 1 in 190,963. In Zambia Kumwala is most frequent in: Lusaka Province, where 92 percent reside, Western Province, where 6 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Zambia this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 27 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 Kumwala
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