Kwaima Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Kwaima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Kwaima (13) may also be a first name.
Kwaima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwaima Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kwaima (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﻮﻳﻢ) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kwaima.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwaima? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kwaima is the 3,665,662nd most widely held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 72 percent of Kwaima live; 72 percent live in West Africa and 72 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequent given name on earth, held by 13 people.
The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 8,435,369. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Bauchi, where 95 percent live and Plateau, where 5 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The Solomon Islands, where 24 percent live and Indonesia, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kwaima Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kwaima in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻛﻮﻳﻢ | akwym | - |
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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 Kwaima
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