Kweswe Surname

250,894th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,580 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Kweswe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kweswe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1,5731:46,9675,698
Zambia51:3,169,98435,680
Germany21:40,252,730481,636

Kweswe (72) may also be a first name.

Kweswe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kweswe is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kweswe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 250,894th most common surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 4,612,371 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kweswe are found; 100 percent are found in Central Africa and 100 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,143,416th most numerous first name world-wide It is held by 72 people.

The last name Kweswe is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 1,573 people, or 1 in 46,967. Excluding The DR Congo this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 0 percent live and Germany, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkweswe924/
Khweswe921/
Kwesw911/
Kwesue83178/
Kueswe8334/
Kweswa8326/
Gweswe834/
Kwaswe834/
Kwexwe831/
Kuesue67431/
Gweesw673/
Kwaswi671/

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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 Kweswe
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