Kewry Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Kewry Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kewry Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania321:127,9647,422
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030

Kewry (109) may also be a first name.

Kewry Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kewry Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kewry (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﺭﻱ) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kewry? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,100,440th most common surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Kewry are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 80 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Kewry is also the 900,062nd most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 109 people.

The last name Kewry is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 127,964. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 38 percent live, Brakna Region, where 31 percent live and Assaba Region, where 6 percent live. Aside from Mauritania it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kewryh911/
Kewrry911/
Kaewroy8316/
Kaewray832/
Keawroy832/
Keawruy831/
Keawery831/
Kewra807,291/
Kowry80275/
Kawry8019/
Kewri8017/
Kewre804/
Kywry801/
Keawraya771/
Khiewray771/
Kheawray771/
Kiewra73391/
Khewra733/
Khowry732/
Khawry732/
Keawri732/
Keewra731/
Keewri731/
Keabry730/
Kaewrai6716/
Kaewroj6714/
Kaewroi6713/
Keawrit6713/
Kaewrui676/
Keawrai675/
Keavery671/
Keawroj671/
Khewrid671/
Kaewrea671/
Kaewraj671/
Keswhri671/

Kewry Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kewry in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻛﻮﺭﻱkwry76.47
ﺍﻟﻜﻮﺭﻱalkwry11.76
ﻛﻮﺭﻯkwry5.88
ﻛﻮﺭkwr5.88

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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 Kewry
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