Kwa Surname

58,206th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,693 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Singapore
Highest density in:
Singapore

Kwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Singapore4,2031:1,310162
Cameroon9471:21,9312,997
Malaysia8191:36,0122,997
Indonesia5441:243,10522,310
Ghana4161:64,9546,785
DR Congo3631:203,52520,281
Nigeria3191:555,30627,054
United States2441:1,485,487101,350
Australia2021:133,64214,486
Canada891:413,99536,402
Netherlands821:205,94128,291
Taiwan761:308,4842,493
Thailand671:1,054,304158,943
Papua New Guinea441:185,31225,733
United Arab Emirates391:234,93015,673
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
England301:1,857,26974,552
Philippines221:4,601,737165,269
China151:91,154,7714,767
Pakistan131:13,741,83758,392
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Lebanon121:469,75712,312
New Zealand101:452,83231,784
Iran101:7,678,252153,484
France101:6,642,272293,169
Liberia91:489,83723,279
Belgium81:1,437,08092,692
Solomon Islands71:82,86115,196
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Congo21:2,494,54828,763
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

Kwa (3,943) may also be a first name.

Kwa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kwa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kwa (Arabic: كوا) is more commonly found in Singapore than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kwa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 58,206th most widely held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 838,323 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 67 percent of Kwa live; 65 percent live in Southeast Asia and 48 percent live in Sinio-Southeast Asia. Kwa is also the 111,435th most widespread given name at a global level, borne by 3,943 people.

The surname Kwa is most frequent in Singapore, where it is borne by 4,203 people, or 1 in 1,310. Outside of Singapore this surname is found in 51 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 11 percent reside and Malaysia, where 9 percent reside.

Kwa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Greek Orthodox (100%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those holding the Kwa surname are 9.03% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 62.26% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Kwa earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 35.65% less than the national average, earning R 152,916 per year; in United States they earn 28.83% more than the national average, earning $55,587 USD per year and in Canada they earn 31.52% more than the national average, earning $65,341 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kway864,033/
Kwai862,617/
Kwaa861,752/
Kwah86962/
Khwa8668/
Kwau8645/
Kwaj8644/
Kwea8625/
Kwaß8616/
Kwua867/
Kwoa864/
Kkwa863/
Kcwa861/
Hkwa861/
Kwaś861/
Ckwa861/
Kgwa861/
Kwha861/
Kwaah752,041/
Kwast751,732/
Kwaha75476/
Nkwaj7556/
Kweah7545/
Kwaaz7539/
Nkwua7536/
Kwapp7529/
Kwaai7525/
Kwahs7520/
Kwahu7511/
Kwath756/
Kwasz755/
Kwaiz754/
Khwah754/
Kwwat753/
Khwai753/
Qukwa752/
Kwhad752/
Khway752/
Kwaij752/
Kwhea751/
Kwatz751/
Kwa'e751/
Kwwai751/
Kwuha751/
Kgwai751/
Kwazp751/
Kwgah751/
Kwaih751/
Kwazt751/
Hkwaz751/
Kcwat751/
Kwaat751/
Kua6713,957/
Gwa672,405/
Kwe671,604/
Kwi67734/
Kwo67718/
Kwahay67258/
Kwahhe67193/
Kwahai6790/
Cwa6770/
Kwa'ai6719/
Kwajje6711/
Qwa6710/
Kwahaa679/
Kwy678/
Kwhead678/
Nqukwa676/
Nkwaha674/
Khwajh673/
Kwhais673/
Kwj672/
Kwaaya672/
Kweahd671/
Kwheat671/
Kwaitt671/
Kwatht671/
Kwatsh671/
Nkwa'a671/
Kwahas671/
Kwahie671/
Kwahha671/
Kwaaye671/
Kwoaya671/
Kgwaha671/

Kwa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kwa in the Arabic language
كواkwa-

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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 Kwa
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