Kwim Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Kwim Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 46 | 1:177,255 | 24,620 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Kwim (63) may also be a first name.
Kwim Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwim Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kwim is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwim? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,718,172nd most commonly occurring surname in the world, held by around 1 in 142,893,057 people. This last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 94 percent of Kwim are found; 94 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 94 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,234,572nd most numerous first name globally. It is borne by 63 people.
This surname is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 177,255. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: New Ireland, where 57 percent reside, Southern Highlands, where 30 percent reside and Enga, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 4 percent reside and Cameroon, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Kwim
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