Kwagwi Surname
Approximately 134 people bear this surname
Kwagwi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 127 | 1:1,394,825 | 54,286 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
Kwagwi (33) may also be a first name.
Kwagwi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwagwi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kwagwi is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwagwi? popularity and diffusion
Kwagwi is the 1,544,715th most commonly held surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 54,384,671 people. Kwagwi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Kwagwi reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most commonly held first name internationally It is held by 33 people.
The last name Kwagwi is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 127 people, or 1 in 1,394,825. In Nigeria Kwagwi is mostly concentrated in: Borno, where 88 percent live, Lagos, where 10 percent live and Adamawa, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it is found in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kwakwi | 83 | 32 | / |
| Kwagui | 83 | 11 | / |
| Gwagwi | 83 | 9 | / |
| Kwagwa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Kwagwe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kwangwaai | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kwaghwa | 77 | 137 | / |
| Kwakwai | 77 | 18 | / |
| Gwagwai | 77 | 9 | / |
| Kwaggwa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kwaigwa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kwaikwi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngwagwi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kgwagwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kgwakgwa | 71 | 331 | / |
| Kgwakgwe | 71 | 240 | / |
| Gwaigwai | 71 | 76 | / |
| Kwaikwai | 71 | 14 | / |
| Kwaghvhi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kwaghvii | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kwakkwai | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kwagwaha | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kgwahgwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kwankwai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kwongwei | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kwakwa | 67 | 5,244 | / |
| Gwagwa | 67 | 1,914 | / |
| Kwague | 67 | 42 | / |
| Kwegwe | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ngwangwai | 67 | 9 | / |
| Gwagwe | 67 | 7 | / |
| Kwokwi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Cwagwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kwakwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwaghvith | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kgwaakgwe | 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 Kwagwi
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