Kwashiwa Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Kwashiwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kwashiwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe771:200,49723,224
China21:683,660,78330,601
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kwashiwa Last Name Facts

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

Kwashiwa is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwashiwa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,075,631st most prevalent last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. The last name Kwashiwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Kwashiwa reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

It is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 77 people, or 1 in 200,497. In Zimbabwe Kwashiwa is mostly found in: Masvingo Province, where 34 percent are found, Harare Province, where 27 percent are found and Midlands Province, where 23 percent are found. Beside Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in China, where 2 percent are found and South Africa, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kwasiwa931/
Kgwasiwa8833/
Kuatshiwa824/
Ngwashiwa821/
Kwasiba8024/
Kwasewa808/
Kwasiwe802/
Kwesiwa802/
Kwasiwi801/
Kwasuwa801/
Kwassiwi7539/
Gwachiwa7525/
Kwashivi754/
Kwashibe751/
Kwassewa751/
Kuashiva751/
Kwashivie719/
Kuasiwi6719/
Kwasewi6713/
Kwasivi676/
Kwachaiwee673/
Kwasuva671/

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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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kwashiwa
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