Kwamo Surname
Approximately 326 people bear this surname
Kwamo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 276 | 1:75,250 | 9,323 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Kwamo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwamo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kwamo is most common in Cameroon. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwamo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 842,714th most frequently used family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 22,354,435 people. The last name Kwamo is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kwamo live; 91 percent live in Central Africa and 90 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 276 people, or 1 in 75,250. In Cameroon Kwamo is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 45 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 32 percent reside and West Region, where 21 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 6 percent reside and Nigeria, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kwamou | 91 | 564 | / |
| Nkwamo | 91 | 175 | / |
| Kwaimo | 91 | 3 | / |
| Kwamoy | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kwamoh | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nkwamou | 83 | 110 | / |
| Kwama | 80 | 650 | / |
| Kwemo | 80 | 459 | / |
| Kwomo | 80 | 267 | / |
| Gwamo | 80 | 44 | / |
| Kuamo | 80 | 15 | / |
| Nkwuamuo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kwemoi | 73 | 8,584 | / |
| Kuamoo | 73 | 169 | / |
| Kwauma | 73 | 158 | / |
| Kwemou | 73 | 104 | / |
| Kwamah | 73 | 38 | / |
| Kwaima | 73 | 29 | / |
| Kwamma | 73 | 15 | / |
| Kwamha | 73 | 13 | / |
| Khwama | 73 | 9 | / |
| Kuamoi | 73 | 6 | / |
| Kwomou | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kwuimo | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nkwomo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kwemoy | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gwamou | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kwémou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gwaimo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwemmo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkwamah | 67 | 211 | / |
| Ngwamou | 67 | 37 | / |
| Ngcwamo | 67 | 14 | / |
| Khwayma | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kwahama | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwamoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwaamma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwoimoi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kguamos | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwuamah | 67 | 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
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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 Kwamo
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