Kingsway Surname

990,978th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 259 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Kingsway Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kingsway Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2331:760,26934,383
England81:6,964,757184,742
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Kingsway (330) may also be a first name.

Kingsway Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kingsway is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kingsway.

How Common Is The Last Name Kingsway? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 990,978th most frequently held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 28,137,243 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Kingsway live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 482,193rd most common given name globally, borne by 330 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 233 people, or 1 in 760,269. In Nigeria Kingsway is mostly concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 55 percent are found, Delta, where 25 percent are found and Rivers, where 15 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common in England, where 3 percent are found and Canada, where 3 percent are found.

Kingsway Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Kingsway has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Kingsway last name grew 267 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 350 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kingswey883/
Kingswad881/
Kingswadd822/
Kingsvy801/
Kingsuoy751/
Kingsbuy750/
Kingsbey750/
Kingchuay711/
Kingswith710/
Kingsui675/
Kingsvets591/
Qingsui531/
Qingshui5077/
Chingsui501/

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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 Kingsway
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