Kewai Surname
Approximately 507 people bear this surname
Kewai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 294 | 1:70,643 | 8,863 |
| Papua New Guinea | 203 | 1:40,166 | 4,870 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Kewai (124) may also be a first name.
Kewai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kewai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kewai (Marathi: केवई) occurs most in Cameroon. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kewai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 609,992nd most frequent surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 14,373,858 people. The surname Kewai occurs predominantly in Africa, where 58 percent of Kewai are found; 58 percent are found in Central Africa and 58 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 836,439th most numerous forename internationally, held by 124 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 294 people, or 1 in 70,643. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Northwest Region, where 98 percent reside, South Region, where 1 percent reside and Centre Region, where 0 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 40 percent reside and Malaysia, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kewai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kewai in the Marathi language | ||
| केवई | keva'i | - |
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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 Kewai
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