Kwayang Surname
Approximately 196 people bear this surname
Kwayang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 162 | 1:1,093,474 | 45,309 |
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
Kwayang (70) may also be a first name.
Kwayang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwayang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kwayang is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kwayang click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwayang? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,202,518th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 37,181,357 people. The last name Kwayang is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Kwayang live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,162,016th most numerous first name in the world, borne by 70 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 162 people, or 1 in 1,093,474. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Adamawa, where 99 percent are found and Lagos, where 1 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 13 percent are found and The Philippines, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkwayang | 93 | 2 | / |
| Kwayeng | 86 | 58 | / |
| Gwayang | 86 | 10 | / |
| Kweyang | 86 | 7 | / |
| Kwayong | 86 | 5 | / |
| Kwiyang | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kwoyang | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nkwayeng | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kwihyang | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kwaing | 77 | 11 | / |
| Kweang | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gwayong | 71 | 21 | / |
| Kwaieng | 71 | 5 | / |
| Ngkwaihang | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kuoyang | 71 | 3 | / |
| Khweang | 71 | 2 | / |
| Gweyang | 71 | 1 | / |
| Guayang | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nkwaing | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kwoyong | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngweyang | 67 | 90 | / |
| Ngwiyang | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kuaysing | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cwaysing | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkweyong | 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
- 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 Kwayang
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis