Kanwe Surname
Approximately 257 people bear this surname
Kanwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 189 | 1:97,101 | 3,099 |
| Cameroon | 55 | 1:377,619 | 33,137 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Congo | 3 | 1:1,663,032 | 27,638 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
The alternate forms: Kanwé (1) are calculated separately.
Kanwe (40) may also be a first name.
Kanwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanwe is carried by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It may appear as: Kanwé. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 996,001st most commonly used family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 28,356,210 people. The surname Kanwe is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kanwe reside; 84 percent reside in West Africa and 68 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most frequently used forename world-wide. It is borne by 40 people.
The last name Kanwe is most prevalent in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 189 people, or 1 in 97,101. In Burkina Faso it is most prevalent in: Centre-Ouest Region, where 90 percent live, Hauts-Bassins Region, where 8 percent live and Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 1 percent live. Excluding Burkina Faso Kanwe occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 21 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 percent live.
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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
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- 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 Kanwe
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