Kwabe Surname

391,801st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 903 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Kwabe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kwabe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana3461:78,0947,799
Nigeria3011:588,51428,350
DR Congo1921:384,78933,038
South Africa311:1,747,66884,236
Mauritania121:341,23914,334
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
England41:13,929,515290,718
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kwabe (123) may also be a first name.

Kwabe Last Name Facts

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

Kwabe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﻮﺍﺑﻪ) has its highest incidence in Ghana. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwabe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 391,801st most frequently occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 8,070,372 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kwabe live; 73 percent live in West Africa and 72 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kwabe is also the 840,349th most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 123 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Ghana, where it is carried by 346 people, or 1 in 78,094. Other than Ghana it occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 33 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 21 percent reside.

Kwabe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Kwabe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 57.39% less than the national average, earning R 101,256 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kwabea91697/
Kwaebe9154/
Kwabee9147/
Khwabe9116/
Kwahbe913/
Kwabie912/
Kwasbe911/
Kwabei911/
Kwuabe911/
Kwaibe911/
Kwatber8321/
Kwabeuh8314/
Kwaabea834/
Kwabest832/
Kwaibeu831/
Kwaybee831/
Kwabeha831/
Nkwabeh831/
Nkwabei831/
Qwabe8025,323/
Kwabi804,070/
Kwebe80575/
Kwaba80370/
Gwabe80235/
Kuabe8069/
Cwabe808/
Kwobe802/
Kwashbee771/
Gcwabe731,896/
Gwaabe7371/
Gqwabe7343/
Gwabee7332/
Kwabhi7326/
Kgwebe7322/
Ncwabe7311/
Kwober738/
Gwaber738/
Kwebeh738/
Kwaiba737/
Kwaave736/
Kgwabi735/
Kwuave734/
Kwabai734/
Qhwabe734/
Gwabes733/
Kwaaba732/
Gwaibe732/
Qwabie732/
Gwabie732/
Kwabui731/
Cwaibe731/
Kwabha731/
Kuaber731/
Kwuobe731/
Kuabee731/
Kwauve731/
Kwahve731/
Kwavey731/
Kwwebe731/
Kwabiś731/
Nqwabe731/
Nkuabe731/
Gwabea731/
Kwaibi731/
Ggwabe731/
Kwabio731/
Ngcwabe67713/
Nncwabe672/
Kwabuha672/
Nkgwabi672/
Ngwaabe671/
Kwampei671/
Kwaiveh671/
Kwaibai671/
Kweiber671/
Kweibea671/
Kwauhve671/
Kwebeah671/
Kwaibih671/

Kwabe Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kwabe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻛﻮﺍﺑﻪakwabh60
ﻛﻮﺍﺏkwab40

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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 Kwabe
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