Kwetey Surname
Approximately 1,965 people bear this surname
Kwetey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 1,940 | 1:13,928 | 1,803 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Kwetey (10) may also be a first name.
Kwetey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwetey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kwetey is more frequently found in Ghana than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwetey? popularity and diffusion
Kwetey is the 210,129th most widespread family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,708,675 people. The surname Kwetey is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kwetey live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most common first name globally, held by 10 people.
The surname Kwetey is most commonly occurring in Ghana, where it is carried by 1,940 people, or 1 in 13,928. Beside Ghana this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Kwetey
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