Kwanye Surname

1,070,546th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 232 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Kwanye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kwanye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2241:790,81635,405
Cameroon51:4,153,814129,697
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kwanye (1,470) may also be a first name.

Kwanye Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kwanye is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwanye? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,070,546th most frequent surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 31,411,836 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwanye live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 203,066th most prevalent forename throughout the world, borne by 1,470 people.

The surname Kwanye is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 224 people, or 1 in 790,816. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Adamawa, where 93 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 2 percent reside and Yobe, where 2 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 2 percent reside and Kenya, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kwanyep923/
Nkwanye921/
Kwanyieh861/
Kwanya83746/
Kwanje839/
Kwanie836/
Gwanye832/
Kuanye832/
Kwonye831/
Kwanhy831/
Kwanyuy77161/
Nkwonye7743/
Kwonyep7721/
Nkwange776/
Kwasnyj771/
Kgwanya771/
Kwanjie771/
Kwaniie771/
Nkwanie771/
Kwasnie771/
Kwanyiy771/
Nkwanyuy719/
Nkwuonye717/
Kwahnyuy717/
Kwangned712/
Kwaneaid712/
Kwangnee711/
Kwasnyuy711/
Kwaneheu711/
Gwanya672,544/
Kwanja67549/
Gwanje6740/
Kwanji6737/
Gbanye6723/
Kuange6720/
Gwanie6713/
Kuagne6711/
Kuanie678/
Kwajhngee671/
Kwonge671/
Quanye671/

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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 Kwanye
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