Kwiah Surname
Approximately 478 people bear this surname
Kwiah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 477 | 1:9,242 | 1,044 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
Kwiah (43) may also be a first name.
Kwiah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwiah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kwiah is found in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwiah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 637,196th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 15,245,912 people. The surname Kwiah is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwiah reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Kwiah is also the 1,545,828th most frequent forename in the world It is held by 43 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is borne by 477 people, or 1 in 9,242. In Liberia Kwiah is most numerous in: Nimba County, where 45 percent live, Montserrado County, where 18 percent live and River Gee County, where 16 percent live. Without taking into account Liberia this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Hungary, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kwiath | 91 | 12 | / |
| Kwiash | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kwia | 89 | 336 | / |
| Kwihaha | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gwiah | 80 | 437 | / |
| Kwiha | 80 | 50 | / |
| Kweah | 80 | 45 | / |
| Kwyah | 80 | 5 | / |
| Kwija | 80 | 3 | / |
| Kwiaj | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kwiatt | 73 | 126 | / |
| Nkwija | 73 | 75 | / |
| Kwijas | 73 | 63 | / |
| Cwiach | 73 | 11 | / |
| Kuiach | 73 | 1 | / |
| Quwiah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwayia | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwuija | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kweyia | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwaiya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kuia | 67 | 339 | / |
| Gwia | 67 | 43 | / |
| Kweyeah | 67 | 12 | / |
| Kwja | 67 | 3 | / |
| Qwia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kwahaja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwayeah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwyatch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwajjah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwijah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwayhga | 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 Kwiah
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