Kanwea Surname
Approximately 151 people bear this surname
Kanwea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 150 | 1:29,390 | 2,840 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kanwea (27) may also be a first name.
Kanwea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanwea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanwea is most common in Liberia. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanwea? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kanwea is the 1,428,594th most widely held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 48,261,893 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kanwea live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most widely held first name world-wide, held by 27 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Liberia, where it is held by 150 people, or 1 in 29,390. In Liberia it is primarily concentrated in: Nimba County, where 39 percent live, Montserrado County, where 24 percent live and River Gee County, where 14 percent live. Excluding Liberia this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 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
- 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 Kanwea
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