Kuwa Surname
Approximately 11,249 people bear this surname
Kuwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sudan | 6,720 | 1:5,582 | 819 |
| DR Congo | 1,491 | 1:49,550 | 5,981 |
| Japan | 1,144 | 1:111,752 | 6,451 |
| Kenya | 658 | 1:70,182 | 6,657 |
| India | 316 | 1:2,427,422 | 78,227 |
| Namibia | 190 | 1:12,681 | 2,381 |
| Zimbabwe | 159 | 1:97,096 | 13,742 |
| Papua New Guinea | 144 | 1:56,623 | 7,213 |
| Nigeria | 144 | 1:1,230,158 | 49,400 |
| Tanzania | 75 | 1:705,888 | 40,428 |
| Philippines | 47 | 1:2,154,005 | 122,929 |
| Thailand | 41 | 1:1,722,886 | 219,200 |
| Indonesia | 27 | 1:4,898,118 | 234,077 |
| Uganda | 18 | 1:2,168,849 | 67,754 |
| Malaysia | 16 | 1:1,843,389 | 74,511 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Kuwa (8,063) may also be a first name.
Kuwa Demographics
Kuwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kuwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kuwa (Hindi: कुॅ) is more commonly found in Sudan than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kuwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 46,108th most commonly held surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 647,839 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 84 percent of Kuwa are found; 60 percent are found in North Africa and 60 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Kuwa is also the 70,705th most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 8,063 people.
The last name Kuwa is most numerous in Sudan, where it is carried by 6,720 people, or 1 in 5,582. Barring Sudan this surname is found in 33 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 13 percent live and Japan, where 10 percent live.
Kuwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Kuwa last name is predominantly Muslim (50%) in Kenya and Christian (64%) in Nigeria.
The amount Kuwa earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 53.63% less than the national average, earning R 110,196 per year and in United States they earn 52.2% less than the national average, earning $20,625 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kuwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kuwa in the Hindi language | ||
| कुॅ | kue | 74.36 |
| कुं | kum | 17.44 |
| कुण् | kun | 5.64 |
| कुन | kuna | 1.54 |
| कुंआ | kuma | 0.51 |
| कूवा | kuva | 0.51 |
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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 Kuwa
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