Kuwom Surname
Approximately 212 people bear this surname
Kuwom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 202 | 1:228,613 | 16,073 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Kuwom (11) may also be a first name.
Kuwom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kuwom Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kuwom occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kuwom? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,136,896th most widely held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 34,375,217 people. Kuwom occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Kuwom live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 11 people.
Kuwom is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 202 people, or 1 in 228,613. In Kenya Kuwom is mostly found in: Turkana County, where 100 percent live. Aside from Kenya this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent live and Indonesia, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwome | 91 | 13 | / |
| Kouwom | 91 | 4 | / |
| Kauwom | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kouwoum | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kuwam | 80 | 246 | / |
| Kowom | 80 | 5 | / |
| Kiwom | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kuwum | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kouwoume | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kuwuam | 73 | 1 | / |
| Quiwom | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kiwoum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kouvoum | 67 | 13 | / |
| Khowhom | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kouwame | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kushwam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khiewhom | 62 | 1 | / |
| Kowam | 60 | 44 | / |
| Kuvam | 60 | 13 | / |
| Kiwam | 60 | 7 | / |
| Kivom | 60 | 1 | / |
| Cuwam | 60 | 1 | / |
| Kuvum | 60 | 1 | / |
| Kievom | 55 | 15 | / |
| Qieuom | 55 | 5 | / |
| Quiwam | 55 | 5 | / |
| Qauuom | 55 | 3 | / |
| Koubum | 55 | 1 | / |
| Kauvam | 55 | 1 | / |
| Koowam | 55 | 1 | / |
| Kowahm | 55 | 1 | / |
| Koovam | 55 | 1 | / |
| Kubaum | 55 | 0 | / |
| Cowhom | 55 | 0 | / |
| Khouvam | 50 | 10 | / |
| Kouchouhoum | 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 Kuwom
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