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 last name Kewai (Marathi: केवई) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kewai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 609,992nd most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 14,373,858 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 58 percent of Kewai live; 58 percent live in Central Africa and 58 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Kewai is also the 836,439th most widespread first name worldwide. It is borne by 124 people.
Kewai is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 294 people, or 1 in 70,643. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Northwest Region, where 98 percent reside, South Region, where 1 percent reside and Centre Region, where 0 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon it exists 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
- 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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