Kwabe Surname
Approximately 903 people bear this surname
Kwabe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Nigeria | 301 | 1:588,514 | 28,350 |
| DR Congo | 192 | 1:384,789 | 33,038 |
| South Africa | 31 | 1:1,747,668 | 84,236 |
| Mauritania | 12 | 1:341,239 | 14,334 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kwabe (123) may also be a first name.
Kwabe Demographics
Kwabe Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kwabea | 91 | 697 | / |
| Kwaebe | 91 | 54 | / |
| Kwabee | 91 | 47 | / |
| Khwabe | 91 | 16 | / |
| Kwahbe | 91 | 3 | / |
| Kwabie | 91 | 2 | / |
| Kwasbe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kwabei | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kwuabe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kwaibe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kwatber | 83 | 21 | / |
| Kwabeuh | 83 | 14 | / |
| Kwaabea | 83 | 4 | / |
| Kwabest | 83 | 2 | / |
| Kwaibeu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kwaybee | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kwabeha | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nkwabeh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nkwabei | 83 | 1 | / |
| Qwabe | 80 | 25,323 | / |
| Kwabi | 80 | 4,070 | / |
| Kwebe | 80 | 575 | / |
| Kwaba | 80 | 370 | / |
| Gwabe | 80 | 235 | / |
| Kuabe | 80 | 69 | / |
| Cwabe | 80 | 8 | / |
| Kwobe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kwashbee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gcwabe | 73 | 1,896 | / |
| Gwaabe | 73 | 71 | / |
| Gqwabe | 73 | 43 | / |
| Gwabee | 73 | 32 | / |
| Kwabhi | 73 | 26 | / |
| Kgwebe | 73 | 22 | / |
| Ncwabe | 73 | 11 | / |
| Kwober | 73 | 8 | / |
| Gwaber | 73 | 8 | / |
| Kwebeh | 73 | 8 | / |
| Kwaiba | 73 | 7 | / |
| Kwaave | 73 | 6 | / |
| Kgwabi | 73 | 5 | / |
| Kwuave | 73 | 4 | / |
| Kwabai | 73 | 4 | / |
| Qhwabe | 73 | 4 | / |
| Gwabes | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kwaaba | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gwaibe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Qwabie | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gwabie | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kwabui | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cwaibe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwabha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kuaber | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwuobe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kuabee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwauve | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwahve | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwavey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwwebe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwabiś | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nqwabe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkuabe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gwabea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwaibi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ggwabe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwabio | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngcwabe | 67 | 713 | / |
| Nncwabe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kwabuha | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkgwabi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngwaabe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwampei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwaiveh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwaibai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kweiber | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kweibea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwauhve | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwebeah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwaibih | 67 | 1 | / |
Kwabe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kwabe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻛﻮﺍﺑﻪ | akwabh | 60 |
| ﻛﻮﺍﺏ | kwab | 40 |
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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 Kwabe
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