Kwaze Surname
Approximately 169 people bear this surname
Kwaze Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 85 | 1:543,293 | 26,596 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Nigeria | 25 | 1:7,085,710 | 162,099 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
Kwaze Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwaze Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kwaze occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwaze? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,328,442nd most numerous family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 43,121,573 people. Kwaze occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwaze live; 53 percent live in East Africa and 51 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Kwaze is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 85 people, or 1 in 543,293. In Kenya Kwaze is primarily found in: Taita Taveta County, where 100 percent live. Beside Kenya it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 33 percent live and Nigeria, where 15 percent live.
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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 Kwaze
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