Kwaila Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Kwaila Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 54 | 1:3,280,421 | 99,135 |
| Tanzania | 12 | 1:4,411,801 | 54,433 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kwaila (266) may also be a first name.
Kwaila Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwaila Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kwaila occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwaila? popularity and diffusion
Kwaila is the 2,273,756th most widely held family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwaila reside; 77 percent reside in West Africa and 77 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kwaila is also the 545,281st most frequently occurring given name in the world, borne by 266 people.
The surname Kwaila is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 54 people, or 1 in 3,280,421. In Nigeria Kwaila is primarily concentrated in: Adamawa, where 44 percent live, Kebbi, where 39 percent live and Yobe, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 17 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
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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 Kwaila
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