Kwabene Surname

382,372nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 931 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Kwabene Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kwabene Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo9241:79,9569,244
England21:27,859,030389,889
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947

Kwabene (243) may also be a first name.

Kwabene Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kwabene is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwabene? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 382,372nd most prevalent family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 7,827,654 people. The last name Kwabene occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwabene are found; 99 percent are found in Central Africa and 99 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 573,164th most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 243 people.

It is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 924 people, or 1 in 79,956. Barring The DR Congo it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kwabena8616,338/
Gwabene86115/
Kwavene8618/
Kwabeni8614/
Kuabene864/
Kwabane861/
Kgwabane8039/
Kwabiena8021/
Ncwabene804/
Khwabeni804/
Kwabeena804/
Gwabeni712,257/
Kwebane7155/
Kuabena7121/
Gwabane7115/
Gwabena717/
Qwabeni715/
Cwabane714/
Kwaboni714/
Kwobane711/
Kwabani711/
Cwabeni711/
Qwabane711/
Gwabine711/
Guabene711/
Kgwebane67442/
Gqwabane6750/
Kwampean6731/
Gcwabeni674/
Nkwabuin671/
Kuabiena671/
Kwabingi671/
Kwahveen671/

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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 Kwabene
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