Kw Surname
Approximately 885 people bear this surname
Kw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 756 | 1:174,933 | 16,938 |
| Taiwan | 103 | 1:227,619 | 1,927 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Kw (188) may also be a first name.
Kw Demographics
Average Male Kw Height
171.63 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Kw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kw Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kw is most common in Indonesia. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kw.
How Common Is The Last Name Kw? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 397,886th most frequently used family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 8,234,515 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Kw live; 87 percent live in Southeast Asia and 86 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Kw is also the 663,277th most commonly held first name internationally, held by 188 people.
The last name Kw is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is held by 756 people, or 1 in 174,933. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: East Java, where 33 percent reside, Central Java, where 23 percent reside and West Java, where 15 percent reside. Not including Indonesia this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Taiwan, where 12 percent reside and Singapore, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kwe | 80 | 1,604 | / |
| Khw | 80 | 25 | / |
| Kkw | 80 | 14 | / |
| Gkw | 80 | 12 | / |
| Kcw | 80 | 11 | / |
| Kwh | 80 | 7 | / |
| Kqw | 80 | 7 | / |
| Hkw | 80 | 7 | / |
| Kwz | 80 | 6 | / |
| Kgw | 80 | 5 | / |
| Kww | 80 | 3 | / |
| Ckw | 80 | 3 | / |
| Qkw | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kwf | 80 | 1 | / |
| Khwe | 67 | 34 | / |
| Kåwe | 67 | 26 | / |
| Kwph | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ckww | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kkws | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kwtd | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kwfs | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kkwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Qkhw | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kkhw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kkwf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kkwt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kgcw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kgqw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kgwp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kgww | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kccw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kcgw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kcwp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kcww | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kqws | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ggkw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwfe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ckcw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khwh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nckw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwtt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qukw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qkcw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qkws | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qkwz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkqw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ckgw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ckwh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hkqw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwff | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwft | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwpf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwsz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kqgw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kqhw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kquw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kqwf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gkwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hqkw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hckw | 67 | 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 Kw
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