Kwete Surname
Approximately 35,198 people bear this surname
Kwete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 34,704 | 1:2,129 | 208 |
| Cameroon | 181 | 1:114,746 | 13,259 |
| Zimbabwe | 153 | 1:100,904 | 14,195 |
| South Africa | 34 | 1:1,593,462 | 80,086 |
| Uganda | 27 | 1:1,445,899 | 53,777 |
| Zambia | 23 | 1:689,127 | 26,212 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Kenya | 16 | 1:2,886,244 | 37,784 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
Kwete (2,200) may also be a first name.
Kwete Demographics
Average Kwete Salary in
South Africa
R 263,172
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Kwete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwete Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kwete is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Kwete click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwete? popularity and diffusion
It is the 15,841st most commonly held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 207,044 people. The surname Kwete is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwete reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 99 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Kwete is also the 159,594th most common given name in the world. It is borne by 2,200 people.
Kwete is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 34,704 people, or 1 in 2,129. Outside of The DR Congo Kwete exists in 24 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent live.
Kwete Last Name Statistics demography
Kwete earn somewhat more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 10.74% more than the national average, earning R 263,172 per year.
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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 Kwete
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