Kwaba Surname
Approximately 370 people bear this surname
Kwaba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 164 | 1:450,485 | 36,956 |
| Kenya | 157 | 1:294,139 | 18,825 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Mauritania | 8 | 1:511,858 | 18,608 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kwaba (69) may also be a first name.
Kwaba Demographics
Kwaba Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kwaba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwaba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kwaba (Arabic: كوابا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﻮﺍﺏ) is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwaba? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 769,129th most commonly used surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 19,696,070 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kwaba reside; 44 percent reside in Central Africa and 44 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,171,416th most widespread first name on earth It is held by 69 people.
The surname Kwaba is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 164 people, or 1 in 450,485. Excluding The DR Congo this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 42 percent reside and Nigeria, where 4 percent reside.
Kwaba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Kwaba surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kwaba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kwaba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻛﻮﺍﺏ | akwab | 50 |
| ﺍﻛﻮﺍﺑﻪ | akwabh | 25 |
| ﺍﻛﺒﺎﺏ | akbab | 25 |
| Kwaba in the Arabic language | ||
| كوابا | kwaba | - |
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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 Kwaba
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