Ketwe Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

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

Ketwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ketwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Ketwe (17) may also be a first name.

Ketwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ketwe (Marathi: केवटे) is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ketwe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,543,123rd most commonly used surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Ketwe are found; 87 percent are found in Central Africa and 87 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly used forename worldwide, held by 17 people.

Ketwe is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 2,736,280. Apart from The DR Congo this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent are found and Cameroon, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ketwei919/
Ketwet918/
Ketwej917/
Keatwe911/
Khetwe911/
Ketw895/
Ketwech833/
Ketwest831/
Keetwei831/
Ketwa801,250/
Kitwe801,138/
Katwe80848/
Kotwe80126/
Ketwi8027/
Ketue8026/
Keetw801/
Khatwe731,800/
Kyotwe73493/
Ketwit73301/
Kethwa7387/
Kitwet7385/
Khetwa7358/
Katwei7347/
Keytue7325/
Koitwe736/
Kedwes734/
Keitwa733/
Kheetw733/
Koetwi733/
Kaitwe732/
Kitwee731/
Keetew731/
Koetue731/
Keehtw731/
Khedwe731/
Kitwei731/
Ketwai731/
Katwee731/
Kiotwe731/
Kitwej731/
Kettwy730/
Khetwit67394/
Khethwa67303/
Kitwech676/
Kaetwai674/
Koetuea674/
Kitw673/
Keitoue672/
Khathwe671/
Kittwee671/
Khetwaj671/
Kahtwea671/
Kestuer670/
Ketwich670/

Ketwe Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ketwe in the Marathi language
केवटेkevate-

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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 Ketwe
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