Kweja Surname
Approximately 350 people bear this surname
Kweja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 338 | 1:156,632 | 14,076 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kweja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kweja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kweja is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kweja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 801,116th most frequent surname globally, held by around 1 in 20,821,560 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Kweja are found; 97 percent are found in East Africa and 97 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Kweja is most common in Tanzania, where it is carried by 338 people, or 1 in 156,632. In Tanzania Kweja is most prevalent in: Simiyu Region, where 95 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 3 percent live and Mwanza Region, where 1 percent live. Other than Tanzania this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkweja | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kwejah | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kwej | 89 | 41 | / |
| Kwea | 89 | 25 | / |
| Nkwueja | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kweya | 80 | 1,525 | / |
| Kwaja | 80 | 323 | / |
| Gweja | 80 | 278 | / |
| Kweji | 80 | 211 | / |
| Kweha | 80 | 57 | / |
| Kweah | 80 | 45 | / |
| Cweja | 80 | 10 | / |
| Kwejo | 80 | 5 | / |
| Kwija | 80 | 3 | / |
| Kueja | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kwejt | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nkwej | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kweia | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kweij | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kwhea | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kwuja | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kweje | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kweyap | 73 | 66 | / |
| Kwajah | 73 | 34 | / |
| Kweyah | 73 | 23 | / |
| Kwhead | 73 | 8 | / |
| Nkwaja | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nkweji | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nkweha | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kwejeh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kwhaja | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kwejep | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwejii | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwuija | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kweahd | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwheat | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwahea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gwejah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kweiat | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kweyat | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwei | 67 | 5,216 | / |
| Kway | 67 | 4,033 | / |
| Kwai | 67 | 2,617 | / |
| Kwaa | 67 | 1,752 | / |
| Kwey | 67 | 427 | / |
| Gwea | 67 | 64 | / |
| Kwau | 67 | 45 | / |
| Kwaj | 67 | 44 | / |
| Kuea | 67 | 28 | / |
| Kwij | 67 | 27 | / |
| Kwoa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kwoj | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kweu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Cwej | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gwej | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwujaja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwahaja | 67 | 1 | / |
| K'Weyah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwejah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkwejoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngcweja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qwea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cwea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwayaja | 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 Kweja
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