Kwatemba Surname

864,701st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 314 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kwatemba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kwatemba Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3121:148,01211,804
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
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  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Kwatemba Demographics

Kwatemba Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 11 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Kwatemba Last Name Facts

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

Kwatemba is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kwatemba.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwatemba? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kwatemba is the 864,701st most prevalent family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 23,208,745 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwatemba reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Kwatemba is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 312 people, or 1 in 148,012. In Kenya Kwatemba is most frequent in: Kakamega County, where 67 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 26 percent are found and Bungoma County, where 3 percent are found. Barring Kenya it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 percent are found.

Kwatemba Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kwatembah941/
Kwatembi8889/
Kwatamba8860/
Kwetemba885/
Gwatemba881/
Gwatimba75234/
Kwetembo7528/
Kwatimbi752/
Kwetamba751/
Kwetembuo711/
Cwotembi631/
Quatember59167/
Cwothembo5938/
Guaitimba595/
Guatember591/
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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 Kwatemba
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