Kwayedza Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Iceland

Kwayedza Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kwayedza Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe331:467,82539,606
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Kwayedza (26) may also be a first name.

Kwayedza Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kwayedza is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwayedza? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,274,477th most frequently used last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Kwayedza are found; 92 percent are found in Southern Africa and 92 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 26 people.

The last name is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 467,825. In Zimbabwe Kwayedza is primarily concentrated in: Harare Province, where 39 percent live, Manicaland Province, where 30 percent live and Midlands Province, where 27 percent live. Outside of Zimbabwe this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent live and Iceland, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gwayedza8812/
Kwayidza8811/
Kwayiza8014/
Kwayaza801/
Kwaiza711/
Qwayiza67109/
Kwaizah6738/
Gwaidza6733/
Gwayiza6710/
Gwoyeza672/
Gwayuza671/

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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 Kwayedza
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