Kwab Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Kwab Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Kwab (17) may also be a first name.
Kwab Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwab Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kwab (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﻮﺍﺏ) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwab? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,968,613th most frequently used last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Kwab reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most numerous first name world-wide, held by 17 people.
Kwab is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 2,047,432. In Mauritania it is most common in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 100 percent reside. Barring Mauritania it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 25 percent reside and Pakistan, where 25 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kwab Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kwab in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻛﻮﺍﺏ | akwab | 50 |
| ﻛﻮﺍﺏ | kwab | 50 |
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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 Kwab
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