Kwahmie Surname
Approximately 163 people bear this surname
Kwahmie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 160 | 1:27,553 | 2,662 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Kwahmie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwahmie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kwahmie is found most frequently in Liberia. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwahmie? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kwahmie is the 1,359,010th most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by around 1 in 44,708,871 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kwahmie live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Liberia, where it is carried by 160 people, or 1 in 27,553. In Liberia Kwahmie is mostly concentrated in: Nimba County, where 83 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 16 percent are found and Grand Gedeh County, where 1 percent are found. Barring Liberia this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kwamie | 92 | 90 | / |
| Kwehmie | 86 | 61 | / |
| Kweamie | 86 | 6 | / |
| Kwahmeh | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kwammie | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kwame | 83 | 55,278 | / |
| Kwami | 83 | 8,024 | / |
| Kwemie | 77 | 158 | / |
| Kwamai | 77 | 22 | / |
| Kwamme | 77 | 17 | / |
| Gwamie | 77 | 10 | / |
| Kwamee | 77 | 9 | / |
| Kwamei | 77 | 5 | / |
| Kwamue | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kwamye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kwuame | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kwamyi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kwamgi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kwaame | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kwames | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kwamit | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gwamiye | 71 | 11 | / |
| Kwaimae | 71 | 8 | / |
| Gbahmie | 71 | 6 | / |
| Kwamawe | 71 | 5 | / |
| Kwahama | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nkwamme | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kwamoyi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kwamiyi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kwamiya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kuamied | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kuame | 67 | 1,564 | / |
| Kwama | 67 | 650 | / |
| Kuami | 67 | 366 | / |
| Kwemi | 67 | 203 | / |
| Kweme | 67 | 107 | / |
| Gwami | 67 | 95 | / |
| Kwamy | 67 | 27 | / |
| Gwame | 67 | 25 | / |
| Qwame | 67 | 11 | / |
| Cwami | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kwomi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kwamé | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nkwaimih | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwaimais | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwome | 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 Kwahmie
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