Kwand Surname

821,713th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 338 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Kwand Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kwand Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo3151:234,53822,701
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
Taiwan41:5,861,18633,577
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Kwand Last Name Facts

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

Kwand occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwand? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kwand is the 821,713th most frequently used last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 21,560,787 people. Kwand occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Kwand are found; 93 percent are found in Central Africa and 93 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

This last name is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 315 people, or 1 in 234,538. Besides The DR Congo Kwand is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found and Taiwan, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kwandt9130/
Nkwand914/
Kwahnd911/
Kwant801,617/
Gwand8080/
Kuand8060/
Kwond801/
Kwante7337/
Kuandt732/
Ngwand731/
Gwandh731/
Gwandt731/
Kuhand731/
Khwond731/
Qwandt731/
Khwanth674/
Kwondds673/
Khwante671/
Kwanhte671/
Kwanthe671/

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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 Kwand
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