Kwarula Surname

1,581,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 129 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kwarula Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kwarula Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1131:408,67222,682
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040

Kwarula Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kwarula is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kwarula click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwarula? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kwarula is the 1,581,912th most commonly used surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 56,492,604 people. The surname Kwarula is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Kwarula live; 88 percent live in East Africa and 87 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most widely held in Kenya, where it is held by 113 people, or 1 in 408,672. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kakamega County, where 97 percent reside, Bungoma County, where 1 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Kenya Kwarula is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.

Kwarula Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Kwarula surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kwerula86123/
Gwarula861/
Nkwarulo8020/
Kuaruli7121/
Kuarila711/
Gwarola711/
Guarulla6797/
Guarulia671/
Guargulia631/
Guarila571/
Querula571/
Guarilha53369/
Queruela53219/
Guarilia5316/
Guarolla537/
Guarrola535/
Queruila534/
Guarihla531/
Queruyla531/
Quarilia531/
Gbarauleh501/
Guarrilha501/

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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 Kwarula
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