Kuwami Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Kuwami Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Kuwami (10) may also be a first name.
Kuwami Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kuwami Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kuwami is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kuwami? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,587,209th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Kuwami are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kuwami is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly used forename on earth. It is borne by 10 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria Kuwami is mostly found in: Lagos, where 67 percent are found, Ondo, where 17 percent are found and Yobe, where 17 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 42 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuswami | 92 | 9 | / |
| Kouwami | 92 | 4 | / |
| Kuwama | 83 | 60 | / |
| Kowami | 83 | 11 | / |
| Kiwami | 83 | 5 | / |
| Kuvami | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kouwama | 77 | 6 | / |
| Koouami | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kouwame | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kouwemi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kouwaima | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cuvami | 67 | 481 | / |
| Kuwome | 67 | 13 | / |
| Kiwame | 67 | 10 | / |
| Kowama | 67 | 9 | / |
| Kuwoma | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kuvama | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kowame | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kubamy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kiwemi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kivoumi | 62 | 22 | / |
| Kubomui | 62 | 5 | / |
| Kowaima | 62 | 3 | / |
| Khubomi | 62 | 1 | / |
| Kuvamma | 62 | 1 | / |
| Kuvamer | 62 | 1 | / |
| Ccuvami | 62 | 1 | / |
| Kouboumi | 57 | 3 | / |
| Kubhomui | 57 | 1 | / |
| Kouwoume | 57 | 1 | / |
| Kouwouma | 57 | 1 | / |
| Khouweima | 53 | 1 | / |
| Kiweme | 50 | 43 | / |
| Kiwome | 50 | 7 | / |
| Kubome | 50 | 6 | / |
| Kowome | 50 | 2 | / |
| Cuweme | 50 | 1 | / |
| Cuvama | 50 | 1 | / |
| Qivami | 50 | 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 Kuwami
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