Kwema Surname
Approximately 180 people bear this surname
Kwema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 157 | 1:470,571 | 38,110 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kwema (61) may also be a first name.
Kwema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwema Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kwema is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Kwema click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwema? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,272,314th most frequently occurring last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 40,486,366 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Kwema live; 87 percent live in Central Africa and 87 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Kwema is also the 1,257,960th most commonly used first name worldwide It is held by 61 people.
This last name is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 157 people, or 1 in 470,571. Excluding The DR Congo it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 4 percent reside and Kenya, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kwemah | 91 | 13 | / |
| Khweima | 83 | 14 | / |
| Kwemaha | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nkweema | 83 | 2 | / |
| K'Weima | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kwama | 80 | 650 | / |
| Kwoma | 80 | 624 | / |
| Kwemo | 80 | 459 | / |
| Gwema | 80 | 207 | / |
| Kwemi | 80 | 203 | / |
| Kwima | 80 | 119 | / |
| Qwema | 80 | 108 | / |
| Kweme | 80 | 107 | / |
| Kuema | 80 | 52 | / |
| Kwemy | 80 | 16 | / |
| Kh'weima | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kwemoi | 73 | 8,584 | / |
| Kwemie | 73 | 158 | / |
| Nqwema | 73 | 116 | / |
| Kwemou | 73 | 104 | / |
| Kwemei | 73 | 86 | / |
| Nkwemo | 73 | 84 | / |
| Gweama | 73 | 44 | / |
| Kwamah | 73 | 38 | / |
| Qhwema | 73 | 36 | / |
| Kwaima | 73 | 29 | / |
| Gwemha | 73 | 29 | / |
| Kwamai | 73 | 22 | / |
| Kwamma | 73 | 15 | / |
| Kwamha | 73 | 13 | / |
| Kwimai | 73 | 10 | / |
| Khwima | 73 | 9 | / |
| Nkwemy | 73 | 6 | / |
| Kwueme | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kweemi | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kwetmo | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kuemaa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kwemeh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kwemoy | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kwiemo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwemmo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kweime | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwemhe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kuemad | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kgwima | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkuema | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwomma | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwomah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwitma | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kweumi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gweuma | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwehmie | 67 | 61 | / |
| Nkwemeh | 67 | 22 | / |
| Ngwemah | 67 | 17 | / |
| Nkwemou | 67 | 14 | / |
| Kweamie | 67 | 6 | / |
| Khwayma | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ngwemaa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kweemeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kweemei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kweemee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwaamma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwahama | 67 | 1 | / |
| Koueyma | 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 Kwema
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