Kwamu Surname

1,159,732nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 206 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Kwamu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kwamu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1431:1,238,76149,638
Cameroon421:494,50240,134
Uganda131:3,003,02181,551
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Kwamu (191) may also be a first name.

Kwamu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kwamu is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kwamu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwamu? popularity and diffusion

Kwamu is the 1,159,732nd most prevalent last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 35,376,436 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kwamu reside; 69 percent reside in West Africa and 69 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 657,437th most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 191 people.

The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 143 people, or 1 in 1,238,761. In Nigeria Kwamu is most prevalent in: Delta, where 59 percent are found, Edo, where 18 percent are found and Lagos, where 10 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Kwamu occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 20 percent are found and Uganda, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kwamou91564/
Nkwamu91148/
Kwaimu911/
Kwaumu911/
Nkwamou83110/
Kwomu8054/
Gwamu8020/
Kuamu808/
Cwamu808/
Kwemu802/
Kwemou73104/
Nkuamu7355/
Kwomou733/
Gwamou732/
Kwémou731/
Gwaimu731/
Ncwamu731/
Gwammu731/
Ngwamou6737/
Ngwuamu671/

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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 Kwamu
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