Kwanwah Surname
Approximately 89 people bear this surname
Kwanwah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 87 | 1:50,673 | 4,532 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kwanwah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwanwah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kwanwah is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwanwah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,980,395th most commonly occurring surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 81,882,538 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kwanwah live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
The surname Kwanwah is most common in Liberia, where it is held by 87 people, or 1 in 50,673. In Liberia it is mostly found in: Nimba County, where 70 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 26 percent reside and Grand Bassa County, where 1 percent reside. Apart from Liberia it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Hong Kong, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Kwanwah
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