Kuwaya Surname
Approximately 218 people bear this surname
Kuwaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 91 | 1:174,175 | 11,962 |
| Uganda | 57 | 1:684,900 | 34,656 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Tanzania | 15 | 1:3,529,441 | 50,903 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kuwaya (13) may also be a first name.
Kuwaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kuwaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kuwaya occurs in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kuwaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,115,011th most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 33,429,110 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kuwaya are found; 43 percent are found in Southern Africa and 43 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 13 people.
It is most widely held in Zambia, where it is held by 91 people, or 1 in 174,175. In Zambia Kuwaya is mostly found in: Central Province, where 30 percent live, Western Province, where 27 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 21 percent live. Beside Zambia this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 26 percent live and The DR Congo, where 22 percent live.
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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 Kuwaya
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