Kongwai Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Kongwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 36 | 1:4,920,632 | 129,434 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kongwai (14) may also be a first name.
Kongwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kongwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kongwai occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Kongwai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kongwai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,100,440th most frequent last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Kongwai reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most numerous given name in the world, borne by 14 people.
The surname Kongwai is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 4,920,632. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Plateau, where 78 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 22 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 5 percent are found and Cameroon, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Kongwai
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