Kwamin Surname

671,677th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 445 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Kwamin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kwamin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana4161:64,9546,785
Ivory Coast151:1,538,08231,691
England121:4,643,172139,951
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kwamin (18) may also be a first name.

Kwamin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kwamin is held by more people in Ghana than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwamin? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kwamin is the 671,677th most widely held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 16,376,508 people. Kwamin occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Kwamin are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kwamin is also the 2,608,198th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 18 people.

This last name is most widely held in Ghana, where it is carried by 416 people, or 1 in 64,954. Apart from Ghana this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 3 percent are found and England, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kwamen83193/
Kuamin8347/
Gwamin831/
Kwamne830/
Kwatmen7728/
Qwamina776/
Kwameng771/
Kuamina771/
Kuhamin771/
Kweemin771/
Kwuamene713/
Kuemin67101/
Gbamin6755/
Guamin6718/
Kuamen6713/
Gwamen675/
Kwamem673/
Kwemen671/
Quamin671/

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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 Kwamin
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