Kanwie Surname
Approximately 153 people bear this surname
Kanwie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 152 | 1:29,004 | 2,807 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Kanwie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanwie Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kanwie is found most frequently in Liberia. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanwie? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,415,499th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 47,631,019 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanwie live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
The surname is most widespread in Liberia, where it is held by 152 people, or 1 in 29,004. In Liberia it is most common in: Grand Kru County, where 38 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 32 percent are found and Maryland County, where 15 percent are found. Aside from Liberia it is found in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Kanwie
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