Kwaye Surname
Approximately 338 people bear this surname
Kwaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 132 | 1:1,341,991 | 52,761 |
| Kenya | 100 | 1:461,799 | 24,210 |
| Cameroon | 40 | 1:519,227 | 41,500 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Tanzania | 14 | 1:3,781,544 | 51,645 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kwaye (215) may also be a first name.
Kwaye Demographics
Kwaye Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kwaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kwaye is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kwaye.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwaye? popularity and diffusion
Kwaye is the 821,713th most widespread surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 21,560,787 people. Kwaye is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kwaye are found; 40 percent are found in West Africa and 39 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kwaye is also the 616,131st most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 215 people.
This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 132 people, or 1 in 1,341,991. In Nigeria Kwaye is primarily found in: Adamawa, where 95 percent reside, Zamfara, where 4 percent reside and Kano, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 30 percent reside and Cameroon, where 12 percent reside.
Kwaye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Kwaye
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