Kwave Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Kwave Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Kwave (10) may also be a first name.
Kwave Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwave Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kwave is most common in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kwave.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwave? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,543,123rd most commonly occurring surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwave reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most widespread first name on earth It is held by 10 people.
The last name Kwave is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 6,326,527. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Benue, where 75 percent are found, Nasarawa, where 18 percent are found and Adamawa, where 4 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 3 percent are found and Liberia, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kwaave | 91 | 6 | / |
| Kwuave | 91 | 4 | / |
| Kwavey | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kwahve | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kwauve | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kwauhve | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kwatver | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kwaiveh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kwawe | 80 | 289 | / |
| Kwavi | 80 | 118 | / |
| Kuave | 80 | 69 | / |
| Kweve | 80 | 43 | / |
| Gwave | 80 | 21 | / |
| Kwive | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kwove | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kwahue | 73 | 75 | / |
| Kwawer | 73 | 19 | / |
| Kuavei | 73 | 9 | / |
| Ngwave | 73 | 7 | / |
| Nkwawe | 73 | 6 | / |
| Kwawue | 73 | 5 | / |
| Khwawe | 73 | 4 | / |
| Kwaswe | 73 | 4 | / |
| Kwevie | 73 | 4 | / |
| Kwahbe | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kwaweh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kwavhi | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kwabei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwuabe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gwaive | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwaivi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwahwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwaavi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwaweu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwiyava | 67 | 54 | / |
| Kwaabea | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kwahuhe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kuayave | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kwoyabe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kweuveu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwayabe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwauhue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwaybee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cweaver | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwavaya | 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 Kwave
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