Kwem Surname
Approximately 165 people bear this surname
Kwem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 60 | 1:346,151 | 31,109 |
| Nigeria | 53 | 1:3,342,316 | 100,395 |
| Indonesia | 50 | 1:2,644,984 | 153,918 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kwem (21) may also be a first name.
Kwem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwem Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kwem is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwem? popularity and diffusion
Kwem is the 1,348,199th most frequently used family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 44,166,945 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 68 percent of Kwem are found; 36 percent are found in Central Africa and 36 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Kwem is also the 2,368,944th most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 21 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 60 people, or 1 in 346,151. In Cameroon Kwem is mostly concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 93 percent reside, Centre Region, where 3 percent reside and Northwest Region, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 32 percent reside and Indonesia, where 30 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kweme | 89 | 107 | / |
| Nkwem | 89 | 1 | / |
| Kweam | 89 | 0 | / |
| Kwueme | 80 | 3 | / |
| Nkweem | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kwemhe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kweime | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gwem | 75 | 351 | / |
| Kwim | 75 | 51 | / |
| Kuem | 75 | 51 | / |
| Khweime | 73 | 2 | / |
| Khweyme | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kweemeh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gweme | 67 | 734 | / |
| Kuehm | 67 | 181 | / |
| Kwime | 67 | 38 | / |
| Kueme | 67 | 22 | / |
| Nqwem | 67 | 21 | / |
| Kh'weime | 67 | 11 | / |
| Gqwem | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kouem | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nkuem | 67 | 2 | / |
| Quwem | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kuemm | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkwim | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qweme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qweem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwimt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kquem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gweem | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Kwem
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