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.

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Kweswe Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
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 most in The DR Congo. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kweswe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kweswe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 250,894th most frequently used family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 4,612,371 people. The surname Kweswe is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kweswe reside; 100 percent reside in Central Africa and 100 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Kweswe is also the 1,143,416th most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 72 people.

The surname is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 1,573 people, or 1 in 46,967. Apart from The DR Congo this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 0 percent live and Germany, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
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
  • 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 Kweswe
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