Kwao Surname
Approximately 17,712 people bear this surname
Kwao Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 17,318 | 1:1,560 | 254 |
| Tanzania | 137 | 1:386,435 | 27,768 |
| Nigeria | 114 | 1:1,553,884 | 58,636 |
| England | 30 | 1:1,857,269 | 74,552 |
| Solomon Islands | 22 | 1:26,365 | 5,164 |
| United States | 21 | 1:17,259,949 | 572,238 |
| Ivory Coast | 21 | 1:1,098,630 | 25,989 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Kwao (2,037) may also be a first name.
Kwao Demographics
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Kwao Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwao Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kwao is found in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwao? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 30,177th most prevalent last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 411,447 people. Kwao occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kwao are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kwao is also the 167,206th most frequently occurring given name throughout the world, borne by 2,037 people.
The surname is most widely held in Ghana, where it is held by 17,318 people, or 1 in 1,560. Excluding Ghana this last name is found in 24 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
Kwao Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kwao surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 75% registered with the political party.
The amount Kwao earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 15.96% less than the national average, earning R 199,716 per year and in United States they earn 11.09% less than the national average, earning $38,362 USD per year.
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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 Kwao
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