Kwayep Surname

484,676th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 686 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Kwayep Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kwayep Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon6711:30,9524,177
France91:7,380,302306,885
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471

Kwayep Last Name Facts

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

Kwayep is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwayep? popularity and diffusion

It is the 484,676th most common surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 10,623,245 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kwayep live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name Kwayep is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 671 people, or 1 in 30,952. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Littoral Region, where 43 percent are found, Centre Region, where 38 percent are found and West Region, where 14 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in France, where 1 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kwayiep9211/
Kwayeb8392/
Kwayap8311/
Kwayip837/
Kweyep833/
Kwajep833/
Kwajiep7734/
Nkwajep772/
Khwayop771/
Nkwayip771/
Nkuayep771/
Ngwayep771/
Kwayipe771/
Kweip731/
Kweyap6766/
Kwaipe6724/
Kwajip671/
Kwejep671/
Kgwahyape671/

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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 Kwayep
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