Kuwanda Surname

278,726th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,388 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Kuwanda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kuwanda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe6781:22,7703,440
Malawi5751:29,7724,476
Tanzania1061:499,44933,339
Kenya101:4,617,99042,693
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
England51:11,143,612252,590
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Kuwanda (66) may also be a first name.

Kuwanda Last Name Facts

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

Kuwanda occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kuwanda? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kuwanda is the 278,726th most frequent last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 5,250,393 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kuwanda reside; 91 percent reside in Southern Africa and 91 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,201,840th most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 66 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 678 people, or 1 in 22,770. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Manicaland Province, where 33 percent are found, Harare Province, where 18 percent are found and Mashonaland West Province, where 13 percent are found. Barring Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 41 percent are found and Tanzania, where 8 percent are found.

Kuwanda Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Kuwanda surname is predominantly Muslim (67%) in Kenya.

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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 Kuwanda
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