Kwamesa Surname
Approximately 102 people bear this surname
Kwamesa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 101 | 1:457,227 | 24,042 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kwamesa (10) may also be a first name.
Kwamesa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwamesa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kwamesa is found most in Kenya. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kwamesa.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwamesa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kwamesa is the 1,828,462nd most frequently used last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 71,446,529 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kwamesa live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 89 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most common first name at a global level It is held by 10 people.
The surname is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 101 people, or 1 in 457,227. In Kenya Kwamesa is most common in: Kisii County, where 84 percent reside, Nyamira County, where 9 percent reside and Migori County, where 4 percent reside. Apart from Kenya Kwamesa occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kwamesha | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kwamasa | 86 | 4 | / |
| Kwameso | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gwamesha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nkwamisa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kuamisa | 71 | 41 | / |
| Kuamasa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kuemesa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kwamisi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kwamaza | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gwamasa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Qwemesha | 67 | 281 | / |
| Qwameshe | 67 | 19 | / |
| Kwamisie | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kwamedjo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkuamisa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkwamiso | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwamedjou | 63 | 1 | / |
| Nkwamishi | 63 | 1 | / |
| Gwamisi | 57 | 7 | / |
| Gwamice | 57 | 3 | / |
| Guameso | 57 | 1 | / |
| Gwameze | 57 | 1 | / |
| Gwamoiza | 53 | 31 | / |
| Gwammaza | 53 | 8 | / |
| Ngwamisi | 53 | 4 | / |
| Ngwamise | 53 | 1 | / |
| Gwamazai | 53 | 1 | / |
| Ggwamoiza | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Kwamesa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis