Kwaw Surname
Approximately 6,888 people bear this surname
Kwaw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 6,719 | 1:4,022 | 581 |
| United States | 64 | 1:5,663,421 | 279,165 |
| England | 51 | 1:1,092,511 | 52,584 |
| Canada | 18 | 1:2,046,977 | 128,463 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Kwaw (1,232) may also be a first name.
Kwaw Demographics
Average Kwaw Salary in
United States
$52,097 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kwaw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwaw Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kwaw occurs most in Ghana. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwaw? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kwaw is the 71,664th most frequent family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 1,058,006 people. Kwaw occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kwaw are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kwaw is also the 225,375th most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 1,232 people.
This surname is most common in Ghana, where it is carried by 6,719 people, or 1 in 4,022. Outside of Ghana this last name occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
Kwaw Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Kwaw last name are 8.79% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 55.56% registered with the party.
The amount Kwaw earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 68.1% less than the national average, earning R 75,816 per year; in United States they earn 20.74% more than the national average, earning $52,097 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.11% less than the national average, earning $46,152 CAD per year.
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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 Kwaw
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