Kwena Surname
Approximately 3,293 people bear this surname
Kwena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2,019 | 1:22,873 | 2,604 |
| South Africa | 902 | 1:60,064 | 7,578 |
| Botswana | 165 | 1:13,254 | 2,545 |
| Cameroon | 63 | 1:329,668 | 30,059 |
| Zambia | 34 | 1:466,174 | 21,520 |
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Uganda | 24 | 1:1,626,637 | 57,482 |
| Liberia | 13 | 1:339,118 | 18,650 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Namibia | 6 | 1:401,567 | 10,578 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Kwena (18,103) may also be a first name.
Kwena Demographics
Kwena Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kwena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwena Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kwena occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwena? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 136,328th most frequently occurring last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,213,042 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kwena live; 62 percent live in East Africa and 34 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kwena is also the 40,663rd most frequently held first name throughout the world It is held by 18,103 people.
Kwena is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 2,019 people, or 1 in 22,873. In Kenya Kwena is primarily found in: Busia County, where 41 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 28 percent are found and Kakamega County, where 18 percent are found. Besides Kenya this last name occurs in 19 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 27 percent are found and Botswana, where 5 percent are found.
Kwena Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Kwena last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Kwena earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 39.01% less than the national average, earning R 144,924 per year and in United States they earn 4.25% more than the national average, earning $44,982 USD per year.
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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 Kwena
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