Kukuwa Surname
Approximately 247 people bear this surname
Kukuwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 116 | 1:70,291 | 9,164 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Nigeria | 47 | 1:3,768,995 | 108,818 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
Kukuwa (345) may also be a first name.
Kukuwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kukuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kukuwa is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kukuwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,022,958th most frequently held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 29,504,234 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 53 percent of Kukuwa live; 47 percent live in Oceania Islands and 47 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 469,697th most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 345 people.
The surname is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 116 people, or 1 in 70,291. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Western, where 90 percent reside, Milne Bay, where 9 percent reside and Morobe, where 1 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 30 percent reside and Nigeria, where 19 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kukuewa | 92 | 12 | / |
| Kokuwa | 83 | 176 | / |
| Kikuwa | 83 | 74 | / |
| Kukiwa | 83 | 69 | / |
| Kukuwe | 83 | 31 | / |
| Kukuwo | 83 | 24 | / |
| Kukuwi | 83 | 2 | / |
| Kukuva | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kukushwah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kukueva | 77 | 913 | / |
| Kukuwei | 77 | 11 | / |
| Kukkuva | 77 | 9 | / |
| Khukuwe | 77 | 4 | / |
| Kokouwa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kukuiva | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kukuwet | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kikhuwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kikuuwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kukuuba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kukuvai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kukushwaha | 75 | 1 | / |
| Koukouva | 71 | 52 | / |
| Kukuvaya | 71 | 12 | / |
| Kukuwich | 71 | 8 | / |
| Kukuvaja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kukkuvai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Keukuiwo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kukuvass | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khukhuba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kikiwa | 67 | 152 | / |
| Kukuve | 67 | 33 | / |
| Kukube | 67 | 15 | / |
| Kucuba | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kukuvi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kukuvaaya | 67 | 3 | / |
| Koukouvai | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kukuwa
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