Kewae Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Kewae Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
Kewae Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kewae Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kewae occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kewae? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,908,606th most numerous surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 50 percent of Kewae reside; 50 percent reside in Southern Africa and 50 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Kewae is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 6,772,213. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: North West, where 100 percent live. Apart from South Africa it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 38 percent live and Indonesia, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keawae | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kewaiye | 83 | 64 | / |
| Kaewaey | 83 | 3 | / |
| Keawaed | 83 | 2 | / |
| Keawaet | 83 | 1 | / |
| Khewaed | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kaewhae | 83 | 1 | / |
| Khewahe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kawae | 80 | 1,378 | / |
| Kowae | 80 | 43 | / |
| Kiwae | 80 | 9 | / |
| Kevae | 80 | 3 | / |
| Keweu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Cewae | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kawahe | 73 | 164 | / |
| Keveae | 73 | 71 | / |
| Kiwaea | 73 | 5 | / |
| Cehwae | 73 | 4 | / |
| Kahwae | 73 | 2 | / |
| Keuweu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Keevae | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kaiwae | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kiwaeh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kiewoe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Khowae | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kewoua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kkeshwaer | 71 | 1 | / |
| Keebahe | 67 | 8 | / |
| Kiehwoe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Chehwae | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kiwaaye | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kaeweay | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kowaiye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kheiweh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Keswahi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Keiwhoe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kawahee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Keawoay | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kewae
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