Kwalya Surname

1,860,621st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 99 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Kwalya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kwalya Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo621:1,191,60673,277
Uganda281:1,394,26052,673
Kenya91:5,131,10045,516

Kwalya (14) may also be a first name.

Kwalya Last Name Facts

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

Kwalya is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kwalya click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwalya? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kwalya is the 1,860,621st most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 73,611,575 people. Kwalya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwalya live; 63 percent live in Central Africa and 63 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Kwalya is also the 3,024,661st most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 14 people.

The last name is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 62 people, or 1 in 1,191,606. Besides The DR Congo this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 28 percent live and Kenya, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kwalija7737/
Kwaliyo7721/
Kwaleha7713/
Kwaleah771/
Kwalijja712/
Kwalaija711/
Kwalijia711/
Kwalie6737/
Kwalji6714/
Kwalge671/

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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 Kwalya
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