Kweya Surname
Approximately 1,525 people bear this surname
Kweya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 860 | 1:53,698 | 5,382 |
| Tanzania | 272 | 1:194,638 | 16,683 |
| South Africa | 132 | 1:410,437 | 35,867 |
| Cameroon | 80 | 1:259,613 | 25,186 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Uganda | 58 | 1:673,091 | 34,310 |
| Zimbabwe | 36 | 1:428,840 | 37,622 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Kwéya (1) are calculated separately.
Kweya (134) may also be a first name.
Kweya Demographics
Kweya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kweya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kweya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kweya is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: Kwéya. For other possible spellings of Kweya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kweya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 258,090th most frequent family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 4,778,719 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kweya reside; 78 percent reside in East Africa and 49 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 800,975th most frequently held forename on earth. It is borne by 134 people.
This surname is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 860 people, or 1 in 53,698. In Kenya Kweya is most frequent in: Vihiga County, where 46 percent live, Nairobi County, where 26 percent live and Kakamega County, where 18 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 18 percent live and South Africa, where 9 percent live.
Kweya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Kweya surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Kweya earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 58.89% less than the national average, earning R 97,692 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kwéya | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kweyap | 91 | 66 | / |
| Kweyah | 91 | 23 | / |
| Kweyat | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kwey | 89 | 427 | / |
| Kwea | 89 | 25 | / |
| K'Weyah | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kweyu | 80 | 5,883 | / |
| Kwaya | 80 | 1,320 | / |
| Kweyi | 80 | 540 | / |
| Gweya | 80 | 440 | / |
| Kwiya | 80 | 404 | / |
| Kweja | 80 | 350 | / |
| Kweyo | 80 | 162 | / |
| Cweya | 80 | 144 | / |
| Nkwey | 80 | 112 | / |
| Kueya | 80 | 70 | / |
| Kweha | 80 | 57 | / |
| Kweah | 80 | 45 | / |
| Kweye | 80 | 41 | / |
| Kweia | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kwhea | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kweey | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kwoya | 80 | 1 | / |
| K'Weyatt | 77 | 1 | / |
| Khwiya | 73 | 422 | / |
| Nkweyi | 73 | 66 | / |
| Kwayah | 73 | 21 | / |
| Ncweya | 73 | 17 | / |
| Nkueya | 73 | 13 | / |
| Kwhead | 73 | 8 | / |
| Kweyee | 73 | 6 | / |
| Kwouya | 73 | 5 | / |
| Gqweya | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nkweyo | 73 | 4 | / |
| Khweye | 73 | 3 | / |
| Khweyi | 73 | 3 | / |
| Khwaya | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nkweha | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kweyuh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kweyid | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kwaaya | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kweiat | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwoaya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kweyet | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kweyeh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwuyah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kïwíya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kweahd | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwejah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwheat | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gweyah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwahea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkweja | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kweyie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwei | 67 | 5,216 | / |
| Kway | 67 | 4,033 | / |
| Kwai | 67 | 2,617 | / |
| Kwaa | 67 | 1,752 | / |
| Kuey | 67 | 186 | / |
| Gwea | 67 | 64 | / |
| Koueyap | 67 | 53 | / |
| Kwau | 67 | 45 | / |
| Kwaj | 67 | 44 | / |
| Kwej | 67 | 41 | / |
| Kuea | 67 | 28 | / |
| Gwey | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ngqweya | 67 | 7 | / |
| Kwoa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kweu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ngwehya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kweyedh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngweeya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwuy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkwueja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwayaha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qwea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cwea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwayaja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwoy | 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
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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 Kweya
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