Kwarija Surname
Approximately 539 people bear this surname
Kwarija Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 538 | 1:72,564 | 7,985 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Kwarija (37) may also be a first name.
Kwarija Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwarija Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kwarija is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwarija? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 582,011th most common surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 13,520,493 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwarija reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kwarija is also the 1,688,769th most frequently used forename world-wide, held by 37 people.
The last name Kwarija is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is carried by 538 people, or 1 in 72,564. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Ntungamo District, where 32 percent are found, Isingiro District, where 11 percent are found and Rukungiri District, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Uganda Kwarija exists in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kwaraija | 93 | 5 | / |
| Kwarijja | 93 | 4 | / |
| Kwareija | 93 | 2 | / |
| Kwaria | 92 | 43 | / |
| Nkwarijya | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kwaeria | 86 | 19 | / |
| Kwarije | 86 | 17 | / |
| Kwarjai | 86 | 7 | / |
| Kwaraia | 86 | 2 | / |
| Kgwaria | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kwariah | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kwarrij | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kwaraije | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kwarai | 77 | 109 | / |
| Kwarau | 77 | 71 | / |
| Kwarya | 77 | 48 | / |
| Kwarje | 77 | 28 | / |
| Kwaray | 77 | 11 | / |
| Kuaria | 77 | 7 | / |
| Kwarui | 77 | 7 | / |
| Kwario | 77 | 6 | / |
| Kwarie | 77 | 6 | / |
| Kwarae | 77 | 5 | / |
| Gwaria | 77 | 4 | / |
| Kweria | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kwarayi | 71 | 86 | / |
| Kgwarai | 71 | 25 | / |
| Gwariya | 71 | 24 | / |
| Kwaruya | 71 | 13 | / |
| Kworiya | 71 | 12 | / |
| Khwarai | 71 | 11 | / |
| Kwareya | 71 | 7 | / |
| Gwaroia | 71 | 7 | / |
| Kwarrie | 71 | 6 | / |
| Kuariya | 71 | 6 | / |
| Khwaray | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kwaraya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kwareji | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kwaraye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kwaurai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kwarjey | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kwari'i | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kwairoi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kwairai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kweiriya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khwarayi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwairi'i | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gwaraiya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kouharia | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kwarija
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis