Kwewa Surname
Approximately 145 people bear this surname
Kwewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 124 | 1:426,948 | 29,878 |
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Kwewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kwewa is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwewa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kwewa is the 1,465,390th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 50,258,937 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwewa reside; 87 percent reside in East Africa and 87 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 124 people, or 1 in 426,948. In Tanzania Kwewa is mostly found in: Rukwa Region, where 100 percent are found. Barring Tanzania it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 13 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkwewa | 91 | 17 | / |
| Kwewai | 91 | 2 | / |
| Kweiwa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kweewa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kwehwea | 83 | 10 | / |
| Nkwewah | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kwawa | 80 | 236 | / |
| Kuewa | 80 | 152 | / |
| Kwiwa | 80 | 46 | / |
| Gwewa | 80 | 38 | / |
| Kwewe | 80 | 6 | / |
| Kwewy | 80 | 4 | / |
| Kwewo | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kweva | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kwahwa | 73 | 90 | / |
| Gwehwa | 73 | 45 | / |
| Nkwewo | 73 | 25 | / |
| Kgweba | 73 | 16 | / |
| Kuewat | 73 | 12 | / |
| Kweeba | 73 | 10 | / |
| Gwewua | 73 | 7 | / |
| Kwevau | 73 | 5 | / |
| Kwaiwa | 73 | 5 | / |
| Kwawah | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kwawai | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kwuewe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwheba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwiwah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gweway | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwawaj | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kkweba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkwewe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkuewa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngwewah | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kwebeah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kuewaha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkweiwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkwewou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gweihwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kweibea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qweshwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwaiwah | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kwewa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis