Kwawu Surname

90,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,293 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Kwawu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kwawu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana5,1951:5,201735
United States351:10,355,970420,657
Cameroon151:1,384,60580,726
England121:4,643,172139,951
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Togo41:1,811,9428,122
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Kwawu (15) may also be a first name.

Kwawu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kwawu is borne by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kwawu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwawu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 90,539th most frequently used surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 1,376,827 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kwawu are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kwawu is also the 2,900,335th most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 15 people.

This surname is most frequent in Ghana, where it is borne by 5,195 people, or 1 in 5,201. Outside of Ghana this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.

Kwawu Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kwawu last name are 24.66% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 71.43% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Kwawu earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 43.85% more than the national average, earning $62,071 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.5% less than the national average, earning $47,945 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kwawou9127/
Kwaiwu911/
Kwaweu911/
Nkwawou833/
Kwahwou831/
Gwawu80202/
Kuawu8049/
Kwewu8016/
Kwavu801/
Kwevau735/
Kwawoe734/
Kwawoo732/
Nkwowu732/
Gwawou732/
Gwawut731/
Gcwawu731/
Kwabui731/
Kweiwu731/
Kwabeuh6714/
Ngwawuh672/
Ngwawou671/
Kwaibeu671/

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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 Kwawu
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