Kewir Surname
Approximately 134 people bear this surname
Kewir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 133 | 1:156,158 | 17,045 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kewir (193) may also be a first name.
Kewir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kewir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kewir is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kewir.
How Common Is The Last Name Kewir? popularity and diffusion
Kewir is the 1,544,715th most frequently used last name globally, borne by around 1 in 54,384,671 people. Kewir occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kewir live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 653,740th most frequent forename worldwide It is held by 193 people.
It is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 133 people, or 1 in 156,158. In Cameroon Kewir is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 81 percent live, Littoral Region, where 11 percent live and Southwest Region, where 5 percent live. Aside from Cameroon this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keweir | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kiewir | 91 | 0 | / |
| Kheweir | 83 | 8 | / |
| Kewer | 80 | 177 | / |
| Kawir | 80 | 28 | / |
| Kiwir | 80 | 18 | / |
| Kowir | 80 | 6 | / |
| Kevir | 80 | 4 | / |
| Kewre | 80 | 4 | / |
| Kiwior | 73 | 1,070 | / |
| Keiver | 73 | 194 | / |
| Kewere | 73 | 72 | / |
| Kaewer | 73 | 8 | / |
| Khawir | 73 | 8 | / |
| Kiewer | 73 | 6 | / |
| Kawier | 73 | 3 | / |
| Koewer | 73 | 2 | / |
| Keewer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Khewer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kevire | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kiwire | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kievir | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kevier | 73 | 0 | / |
| Kowier | 73 | 0 | / |
| Kiwoire | 67 | 68 | / |
| Kiweire | 67 | 46 | / |
| Kijwire | 67 | 38 | / |
| Kaywire | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kewuere | 67 | 3 | / |
| Khawair | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kihwire | 67 | 2 | / |
| Keeweer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khaewer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kiswire | 67 | 1 | / |
| Keveire | 67 | 0 | / |
| Kieveir | 67 | 0 | / |
| Keiwert | 67 | 0 | / |
| Keibear | 67 | 0 | / |
| Kewhere | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Kewir
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