Kwatu Surname

1,163,787th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 205 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Uganda

Kwatu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kwatu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1331:1,331,90052,479
Uganda411:952,17842,125
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Kwatu (77) may also be a first name.

Kwatu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kwatu is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwatu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,163,787th most frequently used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 35,549,004 people. The last name Kwatu is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Kwatu reside; 65 percent reside in West Africa and 65 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,100,117th most frequent forename world-wide It is held by 77 people.

Kwatu is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 133 people, or 1 in 1,331,900. In Nigeria it is most common in: Niger, where 98 percent live, Adamawa, where 1 percent live and Gombe, where 1 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 20 percent live and The DR Congo, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kwatou9126/
Kwateu914/
Kwaatu913/
Kwathu912/
Kwattu911/
Kwahatu8389/
Kwataus831/
Khwathu831/
Kwaitau831/
Nkwateu831/
Nkwatou831/
Kwetu80117/
Gwatu8026/
Kuatu8024/
Kwotu807/
Qwatu803/
Nkcwatau771/
Gwatau73181/
Kwatoe7352/
Kweteu7312/
Gwaitu737/
Gwateu732/
Gwathu732/
Qwathu732/
Gwatou731/
Kwethu731/
Nkuatu731/
Kuateu731/
Kuhatu731/
Kwuitu731/
Kwetuh731/
Kwetou731/
Gwautu731/
Gwatui731/
Kwaitoo67699/
Ng'watu6711/
Nkwoutu679/
Gwattau671/
Kwoutou671/
Ngwattu671/

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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 Kwatu
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