Kwanah Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Kwanah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 33 | 1:133,592 | 9,935 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
Kwanah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwanah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kwanah is found most in Liberia. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwanah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,979,664th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Kwanah reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 77 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.
The surname Kwanah is most widely held in Liberia, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 133,592. In Liberia it is primarily concentrated in: Grand Bassa County, where 52 percent live, Bong County, where 18 percent live and Nimba County, where 18 percent live. Without taking into account Liberia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 14 percent live and Iraq, where 9 percent live.
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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 Kwanah
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