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 last name Kwesa has its highest incidence in Zambia. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwesa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 725,073rd most frequent last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 18,173,431 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwesa live; 58 percent live in Southern Africa and 58 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
Kwesa is most widespread in Zambia, where it is carried by 213 people, or 1 in 74,413. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: Northern Province, where 77 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 10 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Zambia Kwesa 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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- 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 Kwesa
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