Kwangan Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kwangan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kwangan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Kwangan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kwangan is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwangan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,360,413th most frequent last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwangan live; 78 percent live in East Africa and 67 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

The last name is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 11,544,975. In Kenya it is most frequent in: West Pokot County, where 100 percent reside. Barring Kenya it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 33 percent reside and Cameroon, where 11 percent reside.

Kwangan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Kwangan
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