Kwes Surname
Approximately 131 people bear this surname
Kwes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 108 | 1:501,645 | 40,799 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kwes (92) may also be a first name.
Kwes Demographics
Average Kwes Salary in
South Africa
R 61,704
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Kwes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwes Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kwes is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwes? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,565,797th most widespread surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 55,630,121 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Kwes reside; 82 percent reside in Southern Africa and 82 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 992,070th most widely held given name worldwide, borne by 92 people.
The surname Kwes is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 108 people, or 1 in 501,645. In South Africa Kwes is mostly found in: Northern Cape, where 57 percent reside, Gauteng, where 28 percent reside and Free State, where 12 percent reside. Other than South Africa this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 3 percent reside.
Kwes Last Name Statistics demography
Kwes earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 74.03% less than the national average, earning R 61,704 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kwese | 89 | 262 | / |
| Kweis | 89 | 69 | / |
| Kwess | 89 | 2 | / |
| Kwies | 89 | 2 | / |
| Kwesh | 89 | 2 | / |
| Khwes | 89 | 1 | / |
| Kweus | 89 | 1 | / |
| Kweshe | 80 | 79 | / |
| Khweis | 80 | 65 | / |
| Khwese | 80 | 22 | / |
| Kwesse | 80 | 7 | / |
| Kwesch | 80 | 3 | / |
| Kweids | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kweese | 80 | 1 | / |
| Khwesh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kwehse | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kweest | 80 | 0 | / |
| Kues | 75 | 5,622 | / |
| Kwis | 75 | 377 | / |
| Gwes | 75 | 66 | / |
| Qwes | 75 | 4 | / |
| Kwex | 75 | 2 | / |
| Kwez | 75 | 2 | / |
| Kweć | 75 | 1 | / |
| Khweiss | 73 | 27 | / |
| Kgwetse | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gwese | 67 | 1,429 | / |
| Kuess | 67 | 353 | / |
| Kuest | 67 | 182 | / |
| Kuehs | 67 | 61 | / |
| Kuese | 67 | 50 | / |
| Qweis | 67 | 28 | / |
| Gwess | 67 | 20 | / |
| Kwisz | 67 | 19 | / |
| Kwiss | 67 | 19 | / |
| Kwiez | 67 | 10 | / |
| Koues | 67 | 8 | / |
| Khwis | 67 | 5 | / |
| Qwese | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kueys | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kweez | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kwish | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kwais | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kwetz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gwees | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkues | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kuesh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kuets | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwyss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwecz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kweitsch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwysz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kweix | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gwets | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwise | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cwese | 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 Kwes
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