Kwaha Surname

639,219th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 476 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Kwaha Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kwaha Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4221:419,77021,772
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Cameroon131:1,597,62187,539
Uganda81:4,879,910106,546
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Kwaha (140) may also be a first name.

Kwaha Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kwaha occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kwaha click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwaha? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 639,219th most common family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 15,309,970 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kwaha reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 781,395th most commonly used forename throughout the world It is held by 140 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 422 people, or 1 in 419,770. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Adamawa, where 82 percent live, Kaduna, where 9 percent live and Borno, where 4 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 4 percent live and Cameroon, where 3 percent live.

Kwaha Last Name Statistics demography

Kwaha earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 52.2% less than the national average, earning $20,625 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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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 Kwaha
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