Kwabia Surname

345,633rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,059 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Kwabia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kwabia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana1,0391:26,0063,108
England101:5,571,806158,774
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Kwabia Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kwabia is carried by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kwabia.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwabia? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 345,633rd most numerous family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,881,535 people. Kwabia is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kwabia live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most widely held in Ghana, where it is borne by 1,039 people, or 1 in 26,006. Outside of Ghana it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kwabiah92869/
Nkwabia9213/
Kwaibiah8672/
Kwebia8317/
Kwabya838/
Kuabia834/
Kwabio831/
Kwebiha77696/
Nkwobia7747/
Ngwabia775/
Kwaabea774/
Kwabeha771/
Kwebiah771/
Ngwabija711/
Nkwoobia711/
Gbabia67260/
Gwabya6715/
Gwabja6713/
Quabia676/
Kuebia673/

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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 Kwabia
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