Kwentse Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Kwentse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 35 | 1:5,061,222 | 131,727 |
| Lesotho | 13 | 1:156,351 | 13,063 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Kwentse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwentse Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kwentse is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwentse? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,746,821st most frequently used family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwentse live; 70 percent live in West Africa and 70 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 5,061,222. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 97 percent are found and Kaduna, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 26 percent are found and South Africa, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkwentse | 93 | 2 | / |
| Kwentze | 86 | 5 | / |
| Gwentse | 86 | 4 | / |
| Kwentsa | 86 | 2 | / |
| Gwentshe | 80 | 197 | / |
| Kwentsha | 80 | 3 | / |
| Kwentshi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kwenze | 77 | 111 | / |
| Kwence | 77 | 11 | / |
| Ngwentshe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Cwentsa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Gwentsa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kwintsi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kwenzeu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gwentsi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kuentsd | 71 | 0 | / |
| Kuentze | 71 | 0 | / |
| Kuentzer | 67 | 176 | / |
| Kwintshi | 67 | 174 | / |
| Gwentsha | 67 | 57 | / |
| Gcwentsa | 67 | 29 | / |
| Ggwentsa | 67 | 10 | / |
| Khwintsi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Qwentsha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gqwentsa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khwintsh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kuentsch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwencheh | 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
- 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 Kwentse
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