Kwesaba Surname

394,847th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 894 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Kwesaba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kwesaba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa8761:61,8477,800
Nigeria161:11,071,422210,388
England11:55,718,059489,080
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718

Kwesaba (16) may also be a first name.

Kwesaba Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kwesaba Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kwesaba is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kwesaba.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwesaba? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kwesaba is the 394,847th most frequent last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 8,151,617 people. Kwesaba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwesaba reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most common forename at a global level, borne by 16 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 876 people, or 1 in 61,847. In South Africa Kwesaba is primarily concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 72 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 14 percent live and Gauteng, where 8 percent live. Aside from South Africa Kwesaba occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 2 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Kwesaba Last Name Statistics demography

Kwesaba earn somewhat more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 7.56% more than the national average, earning R 255,600 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Khwesaba931/
Kwisaba8616/
Kuesaba864/
Kweseba864/
Kwosaba862/
Kwejaba861/
Kwasaba861/
Gwesaba861/
Kwoshaba80161/
Kwesgabo804/
Kwishaba803/
Kwashaba802/
Kwosahba801/
Quesaba7170/
Kweshobe673/
Kuesavah671/
Gbessaba671/

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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 Kwesaba
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