Kwacha Surname
Approximately 932 people bear this surname
Kwacha Surname Definition:
Kwacha is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: dawn. The term is also used for the official Zambian currency.
Kwacha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 758 | 1:22,585 | 3,433 |
| Zimbabwe | 96 | 1:160,815 | 20,064 |
| South Africa | 30 | 1:1,805,923 | 85,708 |
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kwacha (254) may also be a first name.
Kwacha Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Kwacha is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: dawn. The term is also used for the official Zambian currency.
Kwacha Demographics
Average Kwacha Salary in
South Africa
R 50,880
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Kwacha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwacha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kwacha is most common in Malawi. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwacha? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 382,080th most frequently used family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 7,819,255 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kwacha are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 559,024th most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 254 people.
The surname Kwacha is most widely held in Malawi, where it is held by 758 people, or 1 in 22,585. Other than Malawi this last name exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 10 percent are found and South Africa, where 3 percent are found.
Kwacha Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Kwacha last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Kwacha earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 78.59% less than the national average, earning R 50,880 per year.
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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
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