Kwatu Surname
Approximately 205 people bear this surname
Kwatu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 133 | 1:1,331,900 | 52,479 |
| Uganda | 41 | 1:952,178 | 42,125 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kwatou | 91 | 26 | / |
| Kwateu | 91 | 4 | / |
| Kwaatu | 91 | 3 | / |
| Kwathu | 91 | 2 | / |
| Kwattu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kwahatu | 83 | 89 | / |
| Kwataus | 83 | 1 | / |
| Khwathu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kwaitau | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nkwateu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nkwatou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kwetu | 80 | 117 | / |
| Gwatu | 80 | 26 | / |
| Kuatu | 80 | 24 | / |
| Kwotu | 80 | 7 | / |
| Qwatu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Nkcwatau | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gwatau | 73 | 181 | / |
| Kwatoe | 73 | 52 | / |
| Kweteu | 73 | 12 | / |
| Gwaitu | 73 | 7 | / |
| Gwateu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gwathu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Qwathu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gwatou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwethu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkuatu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kuateu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kuhatu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwuitu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwetuh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwetou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gwautu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gwatui | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwaitoo | 67 | 699 | / |
| Ng'watu | 67 | 11 | / |
| Nkwoutu | 67 | 9 | / |
| Gwattau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwoutou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwattu | 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
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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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