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

The last name Kwayep is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwayep? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 484,676th most commonly used surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 10,623,245 people. The surname Kwayep is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kwayep reside; 98 percent reside in Central Africa and 97 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

Kwayep is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 671 people, or 1 in 30,952. In Cameroon Kwayep is most common in: Littoral Region, where 43 percent reside, Centre Region, where 38 percent reside and West Region, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in France, where 1 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 percent reside.

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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