Kwam Surname

474,683rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 705 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Kwam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kwam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon4111:50,5336,605
Nigeria1471:1,205,05348,659
South Africa601:902,96258,308
Papua New Guinea211:388,27250,829
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Taiwan91:2,604,97216,335
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
England11:55,718,059489,080
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Kwam (186) may also be a first name.

Kwam Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kwam is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwam? popularity and diffusion

It is the 474,683rd most frequent family name globally, borne by around 1 in 10,336,945 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Kwam reside; 58 percent reside in Central Africa and 58 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Kwam is also the 667,122nd most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 186 people.

The surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 411 people, or 1 in 50,533. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 52 percent live, Southwest Region, where 25 percent live and Centre Region, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon it occurs in 22 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 21 percent live and South Africa, where 9 percent live.

Kwam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Kwam has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kwam surname increased 1,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kwam Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Kwam earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 79.79% less than the national average, earning R 48,024 per year and in United States they earn 59.33% more than the national average, earning $68,750 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kwame8955,278/
Khwam8918/
Kwamm8917/
Kwaam891/
Kwuam891/
Kwaum891/
Kweam890/
Kwamme8017/
Khwaim804/
Kwaham803/
Nkwaim801/
Kwuame801/
Kwaame801/
Kuam75495/
Gwam75370/
Kwom7583/
Qwam752/
Khwaham731/
Khwayme731/
Kuame671,564/
Gwame6725/
Nkwom6723/
Khwom6713/
Qwame6711/
Cwaim678/
Quwam674/
Kuamt673/
Kwoom671/
Kwoum671/
Gwamm671/
Kwome671/

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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
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  • 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 Kwam
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