Kwae Surname
Approximately 357 people bear this surname
Kwae Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Papua New Guinea | 32 | 1:254,804 | 34,943 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| Solomon Islands | 8 | 1:72,504 | 14,153 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Kwae (23) may also be a first name.
Kwae Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwae Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kwae is held by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwae? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kwae is the 790,102nd most frequently held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 20,413,294 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Kwae are found; 78 percent are found in West Africa and 78 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most numerous first name worldwide, held by 23 people.
The surname Kwae is most commonly used in Ghana, where it is held by 277 people, or 1 in 97,548. Aside from Ghana this surname occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent live and Botswana, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khwae | 89 | 62 | / |
| Kwahe | 89 | 24 | / |
| Kwaes | 89 | 4 | / |
| Kwa'e | 89 | 1 | / |
| Kwayie | 80 | 824 | / |
| Kwahhe | 80 | 193 | / |
| Kwajje | 80 | 11 | / |
| Kwaheu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kwaiye | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kwahie | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kwahae | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kwaaye | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kwahea | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gwae | 75 | 1,007 | / |
| Kuae | 75 | 25 | / |
| Qwae | 75 | 3 | / |
| Kweu | 75 | 3 | / |
| Kwajiep | 73 | 34 | / |
| Kwayiep | 73 | 11 | / |
| Nkwaeyi | 73 | 4 | / |
| Kwaiyep | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwayieh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kuaea | 67 | 52 | / |
| Kwoua | 67 | 15 | / |
| Kwahi | 67 | 10 | / |
| Kuaie | 67 | 8 | / |
| Kuaei | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kwae
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