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
The surname Kwao occurs more in Ghana more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwao? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kwao is the 30,177th most commonly held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 411,447 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kwao live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 167,206th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 2,037 people.
The surname Kwao is most widespread in Ghana, where it is carried by 17,318 people, or 1 in 1,560. Apart from Ghana it exists in 24 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
Kwao Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Kwao surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 75% being registered with the 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
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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
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