Kwash Surname
Approximately 152 people bear this surname
Kwash Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 109 | 1:1,625,163 | 60,488 |
| United States | 31 | 1:11,692,224 | 454,091 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kwash Demographics
Kwash Political Affiliation
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Kwash Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwash Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kwash occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwash? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,422,956th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 47,944,381 people. The last name Kwash occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Kwash live; 72 percent live in West Africa and 72 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 109 people, or 1 in 1,625,163. In Nigeria Kwash is most common in: Plateau, where 95 percent are found, Rivers, where 3 percent are found and Lagos, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 20 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 6 percent are found.
Kwash Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Kwash last name are 23.24% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 76.47% being registered to vote for the political party.
Kwash earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 43.4% more than the national average, earning $61,875 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kwashe | 91 | 86 | / |
| Nkwash | 91 | 21 | / |
| Kwatsh | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kwas | 89 | 2,507 | / |
| Kwazshe | 83 | 12 | / |
| Kwatsch | 83 | 4 | / |
| Kwatshe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kwaishe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kwashse | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kwast | 80 | 1,732 | / |
| Khwas | 80 | 285 | / |
| Kwase | 80 | 169 | / |
| Kuash | 80 | 145 | / |
| Kwass | 80 | 97 | / |
| Gwash | 80 | 71 | / |
| Nkwas | 80 | 22 | / |
| Kwahs | 80 | 20 | / |
| Kwasz | 80 | 5 | / |
| Kwaus | 80 | 3 | / |
| Kwesh | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kwais | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kwosh | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kwahashe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kuasth | 73 | 46 | / |
| Khwais | 73 | 38 | / |
| Kgwase | 73 | 36 | / |
| Kuatsh | 73 | 15 | / |
| Gwashe | 73 | 6 | / |
| Khwaas | 73 | 4 | / |
| Kwasse | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kwesch | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kwhais | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kwahas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ghwash | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwoshe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkwass | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kuashe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Khwass | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwaise | 73 | 1 | / |
| Khwase | 73 | 1 | / |
| Khwazh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kuas | 67 | 779 | / |
| Gwas | 67 | 375 | / |
| Kwos | 67 | 23 | / |
| Kwaß | 67 | 16 | / |
| Qwas | 67 | 11 | / |
| Kwautse | 67 | 6 | / |
| Gwaishe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ghwaish | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwaz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qwaishe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwaś | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kuhaish | 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 Kwash
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