Kweis Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Kweis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | 67 | 1:127,726 | 13,864 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Kweis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kweis Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kweis is found most in Israel. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kweis click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kweis? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kweis is the 2,293,424th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Kweis live; 97 percent live in West Asia and 97 percent live in Judeo-West Asia.
It is most numerous in Israel, where it is borne by 67 people, or 1 in 127,726. In Israel Kweis is most numerous in: Jerusalem District, where 100 percent are found. Barring Israel this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Hong Kong, where 1 percent are found and Sudan, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khweis | 91 | 65 | / |
| Kweids | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kwei | 89 | 5,216 | / |
| Kwis | 89 | 377 | / |
| Kwes | 89 | 131 | / |
| Khweiss | 83 | 27 | / |
| Kweyi | 80 | 540 | / |
| Kwese | 80 | 262 | / |
| Kweji | 80 | 211 | / |
| Qweis | 80 | 28 | / |
| Kwisz | 80 | 19 | / |
| Kwiss | 80 | 19 | / |
| Kweih | 80 | 12 | / |
| Khwis | 80 | 5 | / |
| Kwaes | 80 | 4 | / |
| Kwais | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kwish | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kwesh | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kwies | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kwess | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kweij | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kweus | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kweix | 80 | 1 | / |
| Khwes | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kwise | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kweia | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kgwei | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kweip | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kwisc | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kweitsch | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kwe | 75 | 1,604 | / |
| Kwi | 75 | 734 | / |
| Kweshe | 73 | 79 | / |
| Nkweyi | 73 | 66 | / |
| Kwijas | 73 | 63 | / |
| Kweitz | 73 | 44 | / |
| Khwais | 73 | 38 | / |
| Khwese | 73 | 22 | / |
| Kweicz | 73 | 18 | / |
| Ghweis | 73 | 17 | / |
| Kwisse | 73 | 13 | / |
| Khwiss | 73 | 9 | / |
| Kwesse | 73 | 7 | / |
| Kwhais | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kwesch | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nkweji | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kweyid | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kwaise | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kweiat | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwheie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwehse | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kweyie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Khwesh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kweese | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwejii | 73 | 1 | / |
| D'Kwei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwayes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Khwish | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kweest | 73 | 0 | / |
| Kwee | 67 | 5,920 | / |
| Kues | 67 | 5,622 | / |
| Kwai | 67 | 2,617 | / |
| Kwas | 67 | 2,507 | / |
| Kwie | 67 | 1,556 | / |
| Kweh | 67 | 1,416 | / |
| Gwei | 67 | 1,097 | / |
| Kuis | 67 | 966 | / |
| Kwey | 67 | 427 | / |
| Gwis | 67 | 241 | / |
| Kwec | 67 | 111 | / |
| Kwoi | 67 | 74 | / |
| Gwes | 67 | 66 | / |
| Kwej | 67 | 41 | / |
| Kwij | 67 | 27 | / |
| Kåwe | 67 | 26 | / |
| Kwea | 67 | 25 | / |
| Qwei | 67 | 17 | / |
| Kwic | 67 | 9 | / |
| Kwge | 67 | 8 | / |
| Kwue | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kwih | 67 | 5 | / |
| Cwei | 67 | 4 | / |
| Qwes | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kweu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kwii | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kkwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kwiś | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kwui | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kwez | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kwex | 67 | 2 | / |
| K'Weitt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwhi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwée | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kweć | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwiy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwiz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwaishe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwayise | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kgwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kgwetse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qwis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qkwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gkwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gkwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kcwi | 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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- 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 Kweis
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