Kwania Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Kwania Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kwania Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea91:905,96994,851
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243

Kwania (42) may also be a first name.

Kwania Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kwania occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwania? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,908,606th most frequent last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 63 percent of Kwania reside; 63 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 56 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Kwania is also the 1,566,439th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, borne by 42 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 905,969. In Papua New Guinea Kwania is most frequent in: Madang, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 19 percent are found and The United States, where 13 percent are found.

Kwania Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Kwania last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kwangia9229/
Kwaniad924/
Kwanjia921/
Kwaenia921/
Kwanya83746/
Kwanja83549/
Kuania8347/
Kwenia8328/
Kwanea834/
Kwanha832/
Kwanjai77162/
Ngwania7721/
Nkwonia777/
Khwanja774/
Kgwanya771/
Kwanyah771/
Kweniah771/
Kwanyau771/
Kkwanya771/
Nkwanja771/
Kwaunha771/
Khwanjai7159/
Ngwanjia7114/
Ngwangia712/
Nkwanyaa711/
Khwaunya711/
Kwaunjai711/
Gwanya672,544/
Gvania67197/
Kwanjo67160/
Qwanya67120/
Kuanha67106/
Gwanha67104/
Kuanya6733/
Gwanja6732/
Kuenia6721/
Guania6716/
Kwanho677/
Gwenia675/
Kwanyo674/
Gbania674/
Kwenio671/
Kwaneo671/
Kwasnioch671/
Ngwanegia671/
Cuania671/
Nkwanyaha671/
Gwagna671/
Kuanio671/
Kuanja671/

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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 Kwania
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