Khwiss Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Khwiss Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Khwiss Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:6,964,757184,742
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Khwiss Last Name Facts

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

The surname Khwiss is borne by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Khwiss? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,360,413th most frequently used surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 89 percent of Khwiss live; 89 percent live in Northern Europe and 89 percent live in British Isles.

The surname Khwiss is most widely held in England, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 6,964,757. In England it is most numerous in: Greater London, where 100 percent live. Outside of England this surname is found in one country. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Khweiss9227/
Khwiess921/
Kwiss9119/
Khwis915/
Khweis8365/
Khwais8338/
Kwisse8313/
Khwies833/
Khwish831/
Kwis80377/
Khwi803/
Hwis802/
Hwish731,763/
Hwais731,425/
Huiss73117/
Kweis7369/
Kwisz7319/
Khwai733/
Kwess732/
Kwais732/
Kwish732/
Kwyss731/
Kwise731/
Hwies731/
Khwes731/
Hweis731/
Hwist731/
Hwaish672,129/
Chwist67564/
Huisse6785/
Khbeis6785/
Khwese6722/
Khwice6715/
Khvist6712/
Kwesse677/
Kwhais673/
Khvais673/
Khbais672/
Khveis672/
Kwaise671/
Khwesh671/
Khuish671/

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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 Khwiss
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