Kwakye Surname
Approximately 43,956 people bear this surname
Kwakye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 42,948 | 1:629 | 85 |
| United States | 331 | 1:1,095,042 | 79,381 |
| England | 316 | 1:176,323 | 16,023 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Nigeria | 38 | 1:4,661,652 | 124,734 |
| Canada | 34 | 1:1,083,694 | 79,951 |
| Germany | 22 | 1:3,659,339 | 158,771 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| Italy | 10 | 1:6,115,669 | 111,715 |
| Liberia | 10 | 1:440,854 | 21,753 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Kwakye (3,752) may also be a first name.
Kwakye Demographics
Average Kwakye Salary in
United States
$42,241 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kwakye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwakye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kwakye is carried by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Kwakye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwakye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kwakye is the 12,771st most commonly held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 165,792 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kwakye are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 114,924th most widely held first name on earth, borne by 3,752 people.
It is most widely held in Ghana, where it is held by 42,948 people, or 1 in 629. Excluding Ghana this surname is found in 43 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Kwakye Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Kwakye last name are 40.52% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 93.75% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Kwakye earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 86.02% less than the national average, earning R 33,216 per year; in United States they earn 2.1% less than the national average, earning $42,241 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.82% more than the national average, earning $50,588 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 Kwakye
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