Kwesa Surname
Approximately 401 people bear this surname
Kwesa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 213 | 1:74,413 | 6,404 |
| Tanzania | 96 | 1:551,475 | 35,149 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Lesotho | 3 | 1:677,519 | 19,546 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Kwesa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwesa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kwesa occurs most in Zambia. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwesa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kwesa is the 725,073rd most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 18,173,431 people. The last name Kwesa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwesa live; 58 percent live in Southern Africa and 58 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Zambia, where it is held by 213 people, or 1 in 74,413. In Zambia Kwesa is mostly found in: Northern Province, where 77 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 10 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Zambia this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 24 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 17 percent reside.
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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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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
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