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 last name Kwalia is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kwalia.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwalia? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 300,128th most commonly occurring family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 5,751,812 people. The surname Kwalia occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwalia are found; 93 percent are found in East Africa and 88 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 557,860th most frequently used first name internationally, borne by 255 people.
Kwalia is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 1,047 people, or 1 in 44,107. In Kenya Kwalia is most numerous in: Bungoma County, where 59 percent are found, Trans Nzoia County, where 36 percent are found and Uasin Gishu County, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Kenya this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 10 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 7 percent are found.
Kwalia Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the 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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