Kweis Surname

2,293,424th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 69 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Israel

Kweis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kweis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Israel671:127,72613,864
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Kweis Last Name Facts

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

Kweis is more commonly found in Israel than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kweis click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kweis? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,293,424th most frequently occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Kweis are found; 97 percent are found in West Asia and 97 percent are found in Judeo-West Asia.

This last name is most commonly held in Israel, where it is held by 67 people, or 1 in 127,726. In Israel it is most frequent in: Jerusalem District, where 100 percent live. Excluding Israel this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Hong Kong, where 1 percent live and Sudan, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Khweis9165/
Kweids911/
Kwei895,216/
Kwis89377/
Kwes89131/
Khweiss8327/
Kweyi80540/
Kwese80262/
Kweji80211/
Qweis8028/
Kwisz8019/
Kwiss8019/
Kweih8012/
Khwis805/
Kwaes804/
Kwais802/
Kwish802/
Kwesh802/
Kwies802/
Kwess802/
Kweij801/
Kweus801/
Kweix801/
Khwes801/
Kwise801/
Kweia801/
Kgwei801/
Kweip801/
Kwisc801/
Kweitsch771/
Kwe751,604/
Kwi75734/
Kweshe7379/
Nkweyi7366/
Kwijas7363/
Kweitz7344/
Khwais7338/
Khwese7322/
Kweicz7318/
Ghweis7317/
Kwisse7313/
Khwiss739/
Kwesse737/
Kwhais733/
Kwesch733/
Nkweji733/
Kweyid732/
Kwaise731/
Kweiat731/
Kwheie731/
Kwehse731/
Kweyie731/
Khwesh731/
Kweese731/
Kwejii731/
D'Kwei731/
Kwayes731/
Khwish731/
Kweest730/
Kwee675,920/
Kues675,622/
Kwai672,617/
Kwas672,507/
Kwie671,556/
Kweh671,416/
Gwei671,097/
Kuis67966/
Kwey67427/
Gwis67241/
Kwec67111/
Kwoi6774/
Gwes6766/
Kwej6741/
Kwij6727/
Kåwe6726/
Kwea6725/
Qwei6717/
Kwic679/
Kwge678/
Kwue676/
Kwih675/
Cwei674/
Qwes674/
Kweu673/
Kwii672/
Kkwe672/
Kwiś672/
Kwui672/
Kwez672/
Kwex672/
K'Weitt671/
Kwhi671/
Kwée671/
Kweć671/
Kwiy671/
Kwiz671/
Kwaishe671/
Kwayise671/
Kgwe671/
Kgwetse671/
Qwis671/
Qkwi671/
Kwje671/
Kwyi671/
Gkwe671/
Gkwi671/
Kcwi671/

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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 Kweis
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