Kuw Surname
Approximately 164 people bear this surname
Kuw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Kuwait | 48 | 1:79,181 | 9,331 |
| Indonesia | 37 | 1:3,574,303 | 189,798 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Kuw (114) may also be a first name.
Kuw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kuw Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kuw is most common in The DR Congo. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kuw? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kuw is the 1,353,468th most commonly occurring last name internationally, held by around 1 in 44,436,256 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 49 percent of Kuw live; 38 percent live in Central Africa and 38 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 877,214th most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 114 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is held by 62 people, or 1 in 1,191,606. Other than The DR Congo it is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Kuwait, where 29 percent are found and Indonesia, where 23 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwe | 86 | 553 | / |
| Kauw | 86 | 261 | / |
| Kouw | 86 | 219 | / |
| Keuw | 86 | 63 | / |
| Khuw | 86 | 16 | / |
| Kuhw | 86 | 5 | / |
| Kujw | 86 | 4 | / |
| Kuws | 86 | 3 | / |
| Gkuw | 86 | 2 | / |
| Kuiw | 86 | 2 | / |
| Kguw | 86 | 2 | / |
| Kkuw | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kuuw | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ckuw | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kuwh | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kuwz | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kouwe | 75 | 831 | / |
| Khouw | 75 | 755 | / |
| Kauwe | 75 | 433 | / |
| Khuwe | 75 | 211 | / |
| Khauw | 75 | 116 | / |
| Kouws | 75 | 57 | / |
| Kauws | 75 | 54 | / |
| Keuwe | 75 | 42 | / |
| Kuuwe | 75 | 8 | / |
| Khuvw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kkuwe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kuwhe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kujwe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kushw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kow | 67 | 6,527 | / |
| Kuv | 67 | 126 | / |
| Kuf | 67 | 86 | / |
| Khauwe | 67 | 52 | / |
| Khouwe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Cuw | 67 | 4 | / |
| Khuywe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kuiweh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kuwova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kuihwh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kauwhe | 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
- 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 Kuw
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