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
The surname Kwamesa is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwamesa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kwamesa is the 1,828,462nd most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 71,446,529 people. Kwamesa occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kwamesa are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 89 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Kwamesa is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 10 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 101 people, or 1 in 457,227. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Kisii County, where 84 percent live, Nyamira County, where 9 percent live and Migori County, where 4 percent live. Beside Kenya it is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live.
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