Kwaka Surname
Approximately 1,140 people bear this surname
Kwaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 251 | 1:183,984 | 13,840 |
| Uganda | 206 | 1:189,511 | 15,501 |
| Cameroon | 187 | 1:111,065 | 12,922 |
| Tanzania | 155 | 1:341,559 | 25,363 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| Nigeria | 89 | 1:1,990,368 | 70,088 |
| Poland | 81 | 1:469,244 | 47,315 |
| Canada | 21 | 1:1,754,552 | 114,935 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
Kwaka (159) may also be a first name.
Kwaka Demographics
Kwaka Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kwaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kwaka occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kwaka.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwaka? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kwaka is the 326,114th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 6,392,584 people. The surname Kwaka is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Kwaka are found; 54 percent are found in East Africa and 43 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 727,628th most frequently used first name on earth It is held by 159 people.
The last name Kwaka is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is carried by 251 people, or 1 in 183,984. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kwale County, where 56 percent live, Nairobi County, where 32 percent live and Kisumu County, where 4 percent live. Beside Kenya this surname exists in 21 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 18 percent live and Cameroon, where 16 percent live.
Kwaka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Kwaka surname is principally Muslim (50%) in Kenya.
Kwaka earn somewhat more than the average income. In Canada they earn 10.24% more than the national average, earning $54,773 CAD per year.
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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 Kwaka
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