Kwedy Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Kwedy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 38 | 1:546,554 | 42,843 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Kwedy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwedy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kwedy occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwedy? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kwedy is the 3,017,195th most frequently held family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Kwedy are found; 93 percent are found in Central Africa and 93 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 546,554. In Cameroon it is most common in: Littoral Region, where 95 percent live, Centre Region, where 3 percent live and South Region, where 3 percent live. Barring Cameroon it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in France, where 5 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kwedyo | 91 | 51 | / |
| Kweeday | 83 | 6 | / |
| Kwedi | 80 | 3,585 | / |
| Kwede | 80 | 327 | / |
| Kweda | 80 | 44 | / |
| Gwedy | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kuedy | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kwady | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kgwedi | 73 | 3,982 | / |
| Kwedhi | 73 | 1,633 | / |
| Kouedy | 73 | 37 | / |
| Kgwede | 73 | 26 | / |
| Kwadey | 73 | 22 | / |
| Kwedeu | 73 | 20 | / |
| Gweddy | 73 | 12 | / |
| Khwedi | 73 | 9 | / |
| Kweedi | 73 | 8 | / |
| Kwedde | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kuedoy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwedie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kqwedi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwaidy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwadyi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwieda | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwedje | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwedeh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gweedy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwiejda | 67 | 45 | / |
| Kgweedi | 67 | 36 | / |
| Kweeder | 67 | 24 | / |
| Kwedder | 67 | 15 | / |
| Nkgwede | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kgwedie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkwedeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwouedi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nnkwede | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkweadi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ghweidy | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Kwedy
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