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 surname Kw is found in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kw? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kw is the 397,886th most frequently occurring last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 8,234,515 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Kw are found; 87 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 86 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 663,277th most commonly held first name internationally It is held by 188 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 756 people, or 1 in 174,933. In Indonesia Kw is most prevalent in: East Java, where 33 percent live, Central Java, where 23 percent live and West Java, where 15 percent live. Beside Indonesia this surname exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 12 percent live and Singapore, where 1 percent live.
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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