Khw Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Khw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Khw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand121:5,886,529390,733
Pakistan71:25,520,55584,222
Taiwan41:5,861,18633,577
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Israel11:8,557,634182,558

Khw (13) may also be a first name.

Khw Last Name Facts

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

The surname Khw is held by more people in Thailand than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Khw? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,957,383rd most commonly occurring family name on earth, held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Khw live; 48 percent live in Southeast Asia and 48 percent live in Tai-Asia. Khw is also the 3,159,357th most widely held given name internationally. It is borne by 13 people.

This last name is most widespread in Thailand, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 5,886,529. In Thailand Khw is mostly found in: Bangkok, where 33 percent reside, Chiang Mai Province, where 33 percent reside and Nakhon Pathom Province, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Thailand this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 28 percent reside and Taiwan, where 16 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Khwe8634/
Qkhw862/
Khvw861/
Khws861/
Kkhw861/
Kqhw861/
Khwh861/
Hw801,472/
Kw80885/
Kehew75111/
Khwsh756/
Khvwp751/
Kwe671,604/
Hwe67472/
Kfh67290/
Chw6735/
Hwz6721/
Hwt6715/
Khv6715/
Khf6715/
Kkw6714/
Gkw6712/
Kcw6711/
Hcw6711/
Kph6711/
Kvh6710/
Hqw678/
Kwh677/
Hwp677/
Hkw677/
Kqw677/
Hwh675/
Hww675/
Hhw674/
Hwf674/
Hvw674/
Ckw673/
Qkw672/
Kvw672/
Qhw671/

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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 Khw
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