Kewei Surname
Approximately 197 people bear this surname
Kewei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 78 | 1:266,270 | 25,687 |
| Papua New Guinea | 68 | 1:119,908 | 16,326 |
| China | 19 | 1:71,964,293 | 3,948 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Kewei (2,064) may also be a first name.
Kewei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kewei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kewei occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kewei? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kewei is the 1,198,640th most frequently held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 36,992,619 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 46 percent of Kewei are found; 35 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 35 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 165,948th most commonly occurring forename internationally It is held by 2,064 people.
The surname Kewei is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 78 people, or 1 in 266,270. In Cameroon Kewei is primarily concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 55 percent live, Far North Region, where 42 percent live and North Region, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 35 percent live and China, where 10 percent live.
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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 Kewei
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