Kwelia Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Kwelia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Kwelia (9) may also be a first name.
Kwelia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwelia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kwelia is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kwelia.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwelia? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,193,072nd most frequently occurring last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwelia live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,941,740th most commonly occurring first name globally. It is borne by 9 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Kwelia is most common in: Benue, where 100 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 20 percent live.
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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 Kwelia
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