Kwesi Surname
Approximately 16,975 people bear this surname
Kwesi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 16,625 | 1:1,625 | 271 |
| Nigeria | 124 | 1:1,428,571 | 55,237 |
| Cameroon | 52 | 1:399,405 | 34,455 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| United States | 32 | 1:11,326,842 | 445,236 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| Kenya | 16 | 1:2,886,244 | 37,784 |
| Tanzania | 15 | 1:3,529,441 | 50,903 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 1:272,795 | 11,064 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Kwesi (48,615) may also be a first name.
Kwesi Demographics
Kwesi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kwesi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwesi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kwesi (Arabic: كويسى) occurs more in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwesi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kwesi is the 31,451st most widely held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 429,311 people. Kwesi is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kwesi live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kwesi is also the 18,962nd most commonly used forename throughout the world It is held by 48,615 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Ghana, where it is borne by 16,625 people, or 1 in 1,625. Without taking into account Ghana this surname occurs in 33 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 percent are found.
Kwesi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Kwesi last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Kwesi earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 23.2% less than the national average, earning $33,138 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kwesi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kwesi in the Arabic language | ||
| كويسى | kwysy | - |
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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 Kwesi
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