Kwalia Surname
Approximately 1,267 people bear this surname
Kwalia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,047 | 1:44,107 | 4,570 |
| Uganda | 126 | 1:309,836 | 21,278 |
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Kwalia (255) may also be a first name.
Kwalia Demographics
Kwalia Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kwalia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwalia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kwalia is most common in Kenya. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kwalia.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwalia? popularity and diffusion
Kwalia is the 300,128th most widespread surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 5,751,812 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwalia live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kwalia is also the 557,860th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 255 people.
It is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 1,047 people, or 1 in 44,107. In Kenya Kwalia is mostly concentrated in: Bungoma County, where 59 percent live, Trans Nzoia County, where 36 percent live and Uasin Gishu County, where 4 percent live. Other than Kenya this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 10 percent live and The DR Congo, where 7 percent live.
Kwalia Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Kwalia surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Kwalia
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