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 is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwania? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kwania is the 4,908,606th most numerous last name globally, held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Kwania is primarily 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 frequent first name on earth, held by 42 people.

The last name Kwania is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 905,969. In Papua New Guinea Kwania is most common in: Madang, where 100 percent are found. Other than Papua New Guinea it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 19 percent are found and The United States, where 13 percent are found.

Kwania Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily 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
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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 Kwania
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