Kwakwara Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Kwakwara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kwakwara Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe451:343,07232,830
Nigeria281:6,326,527151,186
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754

Kwakwara (31) may also be a first name.

Kwakwara Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kwakwara Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kwakwara has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Kwakwara click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwakwara? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,075,631st most numerous last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 88,872,511 people. The surname Kwakwara is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwakwara live; 55 percent live in Southern Africa and 55 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kwakwara is also the 1,874,099th most commonly used forename globally. It is borne by 31 people.

Kwakwara is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 45 people, or 1 in 343,072. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Manicaland Province, where 58 percent reside, Harare Province, where 29 percent reside and Mashonaland East Province, where 13 percent reside. Not including Zimbabwe it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 34 percent reside and Tanzania, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kwakwari88185/
Gwakwara8848/
Kwagwara8816/
Kwakware881/
Kwaskware821/
Kwakwarie821/
Gwagwara75159/
Kwagwari7513/
Kwagware757/
Gwakwera751/
Guakwara751/
Kwakwori751/
Gwangwara71377/
Ngwangwara6722/
Kkwangware671/
Gwagware632/
Gwangware5973/
Gbagbara502,219/
Kuaquera502/
Guaguara502/

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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 Kwakwara
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