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 occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kuwami? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,587,209th most widely held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name Kuwami occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Kuwami live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kuwami is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly held first name on earth It is held by 10 people.
The last name Kuwami is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria Kuwami is most frequent in: Lagos, where 67 percent are found, Ondo, where 17 percent are found and Yobe, where 17 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common 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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