Kwila Surname
Approximately 657 people bear this surname
Kwila Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 438 | 1:168,675 | 17,317 |
| Papua New Guinea | 103 | 1:79,162 | 10,424 |
| Nigeria | 71 | 1:2,494,968 | 82,261 |
| Tanzania | 18 | 1:2,941,201 | 49,497 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kwila (316) may also be a first name.
Kwila Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwila Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kwila is found in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwila? popularity and diffusion
It is the 500,792nd most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 11,092,155 people. Kwila occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Kwila are found; 69 percent are found in Central Africa and 69 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 494,051st most commonly used given name worldwide, borne by 316 people.
This last name is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 438 people, or 1 in 168,675. Beside The DR Congo it is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent live and Nigeria, where 11 percent live.
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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 Kwila
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