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
Average Kwaka Salary in
Canada
$54,773 CAD
Per year
Average Salary in
Canada
$49,683 CAD
Per year
Kwaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kwaka is found most frequently in Kenya. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwaka? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 326,114th most widely held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 6,392,584 people. The surname is primarily 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. Kwaka is also the 727,628th most commonly used given name worldwide It is held by 159 people.
The last name Kwaka is most common in Kenya, where it is borne by 251 people, or 1 in 183,984. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Kwale County, where 56 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 32 percent are found and Kisumu County, where 4 percent are found. Beside Kenya this last name occurs in 21 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 18 percent are found and Cameroon, where 16 percent are found.
Kwaka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily 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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