Kwatsima Surname

1,333,288th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 168 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kwatsima Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kwatsima Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1671:276,52618,122
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Kwatsima Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kwatsima is most common in Kenya. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kwatsima.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwatsima? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,333,288th most widespread surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 43,378,250 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwatsima reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 167 people, or 1 in 276,526. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Kakamega County, where 51 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 49 percent reside. Beside Kenya Kwatsima is found in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 1 percent reside.

Kwatsima Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gwatsima881/
Kwatzima881/
Kwazima801/
Kwachima7520/
Kwadzima751/
Kwatseme751/
Kwazema67104/
Gwazima6751/
Kuazima674/
Kwazimo671/
Kwachimi631/
Kwachimoi592/
Kwazeme5343/
Gwazime531/
Guazhima50171/
Kwacheme501/
Gwazhema501/

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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 Kwatsima
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