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) is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of Kewai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kewai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kewai is the 609,992nd most prevalent surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 14,373,858 people. The last name Kewai occurs predominantly in Africa, where 58 percent of Kewai live; 58 percent live in Central Africa and 58 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 836,439th most numerous given name at a global level It is held by 124 people.
The surname Kewai is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 294 people, or 1 in 70,643. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 98 percent live, South Region, where 1 percent live and Centre Region, where 0 percent live. Apart from Cameroon this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 40 percent live and Malaysia, where 1 percent live.
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
- 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 Kewai
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