Kweku Surname

49,099th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,484 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Kweku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kweku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana10,1831:2,654426
DR Congo961:769,57954,223
United States601:6,040,982292,121
Nigeria491:3,615,158105,602
Ivory Coast201:1,153,56226,783
England141:3,979,861125,553
Cameroon121:1,730,75692,157
Liberia101:440,85421,753
Spain91:5,194,67182,436
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Kweku (32,386) may also be a first name.

Kweku Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kweku (Arabic: كويكو) is more frequently found in Ghana than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kweku? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 49,099th most frequently used last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 695,111 people. The last name Kweku occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kweku are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 26,261st most numerous first name on earth It is held by 32,386 people.

Kweku is most frequent in Ghana, where it is carried by 10,183 people, or 1 in 2,654. Not including Ghana this surname is found in 26 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Kweku Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kweku surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.

Kweku earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 28.6% less than the national average, earning $30,809 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kwekeu91137/
Kwekou919/
Kweiku912/
Kwekhu911/
Kwekui911/
Kwekau911/
Nkwekeu8386/
Kwetkus8323/
Kweukeu831/
Kwekeuh831/
Kwaku8029,847/
Kwoku80276/
Kueku8028/
Kwiku803/
Gweku803/
Qweku801/
Kuekou73107/
Kuekeu7349/
Nkueku7321/
Ngweku733/
Gwekup731/
Kwaiku731/
Kwikus731/
Kwikeu731/
Kouekeu67100/
Kwecheu6774/
Kwuikeu672/
Nkuekui671/
Ngwekui671/

Kweku Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kweku in the Arabic language
كويكوkwykw-

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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 Kweku
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