Kewey Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Kewey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 12 | 1:341,239 | 14,334 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Kewey (55) may also be a first name.
Kewey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kewey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kewey (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻱ) is more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kewey click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kewey? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kewey is the 4,772,636th most widespread surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name Kewey occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Kewey live; 76 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Kewey is also the 1,336,256th most widespread first name at a global level, held by 55 people.
The last name is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 341,239. In Mauritania Kewey is most numerous in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 92 percent live and Gorgol Region, where 8 percent live. Apart from Mauritania Kewey occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 12 percent live and The United States, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kewey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kewey in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﻱ | kwy | - |
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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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- 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 Kewey
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