Kwangwa Surname

351,607th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,037 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Kwangwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kwangwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe9581:16,1152,328
South Africa311:1,747,66884,236
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Uganda211:1,859,01362,128
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Kwangwa (178) may also be a first name.

Kwangwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kwangwa occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwangwa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 351,607th most widespread last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 7,027,527 people. The surname Kwangwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwangwa live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kwangwa is also the 683,417th most frequently occurring forename at a global level. It is borne by 178 people.

The surname Kwangwa is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 958 people, or 1 in 16,115. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Masvingo Province, where 48 percent are found, Midlands Province, where 16 percent are found and Harare Province, where 8 percent are found. Beside Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 3 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found.

Kwangwa Last Name Statistics demography

Kwangwa earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 179.47% more than the national average, earning R 664,128 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
  • 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 Kwangwa
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