Kween Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Liberia

Kween Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kween Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria151:11,809,517219,567
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582

Kween (86) may also be a first name.

Kween Last Name Facts

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

Kween is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kween? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kween is the 3,665,662nd most widespread surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 69 percent of Kween live; 59 percent live in West Africa and 52 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kween is also the 1,032,266th most commonly used forename internationally It is held by 86 people.

This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 87 percent reside, Kano, where 7 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 7 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 17 percent reside and Malaysia, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kweene911/
Nkween911/
Kwen891,410/
Kwene80969/
Qween80344/
Gween8072/
Kwein8060/
Kwien8013/
Kwuen807/
Kweun806/
Kwoen803/
Kgwen802/
Kwean801/
Khwen801/
Kwehn800/
Kwn7521/
Khwene7350/
Quween734/
Kweine732/
Kweane731/
Ckwene731/
Khwean731/
Kuen673,431/
Kwin671,006/
Gwen67259/
Cwen67106/
Qwen6727/
Kqwn673/
Kwnq672/
Gweendh672/
Kwyn672/
Khweine672/
Kwnk671/
Kwnh671/
Nkwn671/
Kwhn671/
Khweyne671/
Kwwn671/
Kcwn671/

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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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  • 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 Kween
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