Kwamu Surname
Approximately 206 people bear this surname
Kwamu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 143 | 1:1,238,761 | 49,638 |
| Cameroon | 42 | 1:494,502 | 40,134 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
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.
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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 Kwamu
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