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
Kwaye occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 821,713th most commonly used surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 21,560,787 people. The last name is primarily 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 widely held given name in the world, borne by 215 people.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 132 people, or 1 in 1,341,991. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Adamawa, where 95 percent live, Zamfara, where 4 percent live and Kano, where 1 percent live. Not including Nigeria it exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 30 percent live and Cameroon, where 12 percent live.
Kwaye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly 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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