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Where Does The Last Name Kwame Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Kwame (Arabic: كوام) is carried by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It can be found as: Kwamé or Kwámě. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwame? ^{popularity and diffusion}

It is the 10,181^st most commonly occurring last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 131,834 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kwame reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 6,047^th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 173,773 people.

Kwame is most frequently used in Ghana, where it is borne by 52,854 people, or 1 in 511. Besides Ghana this last name exists in 56 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 2 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.

Kwame Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Kwame surname are 25.72% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 78.95% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Kwame earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 63.47% less than the national average, earning R 86,820 per year; in United States they earn 27.64% less than the national average, earning $31,224 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.46% less than the national average, earning $37,034 CAD per year.