Cubwa Surname

1,079,669th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 229 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Cubwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cubwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo2191:337,35029,912
Burundi41:2,451,2131,279
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Cubwa (50) may also be a first name.

Cubwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cubwa is found most in The DR Congo. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cubwa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,079,669th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 31,823,345 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Cubwa live; 96 percent live in Central Africa and 96 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Cubwa is also the 1,412,538th most commonly used first name at a global level, borne by 50 people.

The surname Cubwa is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 219 people, or 1 in 337,350. Barring The DR Congo it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Burundi, where 2 percent live and Belgium, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chubwa918,144/
Ccubwa911/
Tchubwa8321/
Chaubwa834/
Chubway834/
Kubwa80560/
Cubba80158/
Zubwa805/
Cobwa801/
Cubua801/
Chupwa73892/
Chubua73604/
Chubba73200/
Czubba735/
Kuubwa732/
Chubwe731/
Cubvas731/
Kubwai731/
Chuvwa731/
Cubuas731/
Cubbah731/
Chubwi731/
Chubva731/
Cubbay730/
Tshubwa6721/
Choobwa6713/
Chubbah677/
Chuibua674/
Cubuhat671/
Chubuha671/
Choubba671/
Chuuvwa671/

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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 Cubwa
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