Kwaje Surname
Approximately 338 people bear this surname
Kwaje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 266 | 1:146,764 | 13,098 |
| Sudan | 36 | 1:1,041,950 | 3,038 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| South Sudan | 9 | 1:1,268,342 | 1,210 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Kwaje (12) may also be a first name.
Kwaje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwaje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kwaje is found most in Uganda. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwaje? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 821,713th most frequent family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 21,560,787 people. The last name Kwaje occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kwaje live; 82 percent live in East Africa and 69 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 12 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is held by 266 people, or 1 in 146,764. In Uganda Kwaje is mostly found in: Yumbe District, where 76 percent are found, Kayunga District, where 9 percent are found and Koboko District, where 4 percent are found. Besides Uganda this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Sudan, where 11 percent are found and Nigeria, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkwaje | 91 | 427 | / |
| Kwajje | 91 | 11 | / |
| Kwajep | 91 | 3 | / |
| Kwauje | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kwaj | 89 | 44 | / |
| Kwaji | 80 | 5,123 | / |
| Gwaje | 80 | 1,049 | / |
| Kwaye | 80 | 338 | / |
| Kwaja | 80 | 323 | / |
| Kwawe | 80 | 289 | / |
| Nkwaj | 80 | 56 | / |
| Kwaju | 80 | 21 | / |
| Kwaie | 80 | 9 | / |
| Kwajo | 80 | 5 | / |
| Kwaij | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kwaue | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kweje | 80 | 1 | / |
| Qwaje | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kuaje | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kwayie | 73 | 824 | / |
| Nkwaju | 73 | 175 | / |
| Kwahue | 73 | 75 | / |
| Kwajah | 73 | 34 | / |
| Ngwaje | 73 | 10 | / |
| Kwayeh | 73 | 7 | / |
| Nkwawe | 73 | 6 | / |
| Nkwaja | 73 | 4 | / |
| Kwhaja | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kwayee | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kwaweh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kwejeh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nkwaie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kuajie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwajou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwajip | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwahwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwahie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwojie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwejep | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwayhe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkwajo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gwajje | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwaaye | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwahea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kuhaje | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwuaji | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kgwaie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwayes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwei | 67 | 5,216 | / |
| Kway | 67 | 4,033 | / |
| Kwai | 67 | 2,617 | / |
| Kwaa | 67 | 1,752 | / |
| Kwey | 67 | 427 | / |
| Gwaj | 67 | 87 | / |
| Kwau | 67 | 45 | / |
| Kwej | 67 | 41 | / |
| Kwij | 67 | 27 | / |
| Kwea | 67 | 25 | / |
| Kwahuhe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kuaj | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kwoa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Qwae | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kwoj | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kweu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kwayaja | 67 | 1 | / |
| N'Gwaje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwahaja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwauyeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwujaja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwauhue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkwhaji | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwahyeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwayieh | 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
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- 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 Kwaje
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