Kuwe Surname
Approximately 553 people bear this surname
Kuwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 317 | 1:167,008 | 14,768 |
| Papua New Guinea | 79 | 1:103,212 | 13,927 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Zimbabwe | 38 | 1:406,269 | 36,425 |
| Indonesia | 36 | 1:3,673,589 | 193,360 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kuwe (128) may also be a first name.
Kuwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kuwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kuwe is found most in Tanzania. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kuwe? popularity and diffusion
Kuwe is the 570,540th most frequently held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 13,178,202 people. The last name Kuwe is mostly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Kuwe are found; 60 percent are found in East Africa and 60 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 821,896th most commonly used first name globally, held by 128 people.
The surname Kuwe is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 317 people, or 1 in 167,008. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Arusha Region, where 33 percent are found, Dodoma Region, where 27 percent are found and Tanga Region, where 19 percent are found. Beside Tanzania it occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Kuwe
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