Kukwah Surname
Approximately 317 people bear this surname
Kukwah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 314 | 1:66,144 | 8,373 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kukwah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kukwah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kukwah occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kukwah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 858,879th most frequently held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 22,989,104 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kukwah are found; 99 percent are found in Central Africa and 92 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 314 people, or 1 in 66,144. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 53 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 24 percent are found and Centre Region, where 11 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kukwash | 92 | 2 | / |
| Kukwaih | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kukwa | 91 | 1,507 | / |
| Kuskwaha | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kukwai | 83 | 100 | / |
| Kukwas | 83 | 51 | / |
| Keukwa | 83 | 16 | / |
| Kukway | 83 | 4 | / |
| Kuckwa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Kuikwa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Koukwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kikwah | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kaukwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kukuah | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kuhkwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kuekwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Khaukwa | 77 | 116 | / |
| Kokweah | 77 | 108 | / |
| Khunkwa | 77 | 6 | / |
| Kukuhah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kikwa | 73 | 1,189 | / |
| Kukua | 73 | 303 | / |
| Kugwa | 73 | 215 | / |
| Kokwa | 73 | 180 | / |
| Kucwa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kukwo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Cukwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Khunkwai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kaunkwai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khaunkwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kuehkuah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kushgwah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kikwai | 67 | 2,498 | / |
| Kucwaj | 67 | 305 | / |
| Kikwau | 67 | 167 | / |
| Kuigwa | 67 | 92 | / |
| Kucway | 67 | 52 | / |
| Keugwa | 67 | 32 | / |
| Kuegwa | 67 | 7 | / |
| Kunkua | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kougwa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kugwai | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kuekua | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kikway | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kugwua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kudkua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaugwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khusgwaha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kushgwaha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kukuay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kukuea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cuskwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kokwai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kucwai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khokwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kunkwo | 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 Kukwah
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