Kwimi Surname
Approximately 148 people bear this surname
Kwimi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 87 | 1:238,725 | 23,654 |
| Indonesia | 36 | 1:3,673,589 | 193,360 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Kwimi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwimi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kwimi is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwimi? popularity and diffusion
Kwimi is the 1,447,279th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 49,240,175 people. Kwimi occurs mostly in Africa, where 73 percent of Kwimi reside; 73 percent reside in Central Africa and 72 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 87 people, or 1 in 238,725. In Cameroon Kwimi is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 64 percent live, Littoral Region, where 23 percent live and West Region, where 8 percent live. Aside from Cameroon Kwimi occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 24 percent live and The DR Congo, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kwimie | 91 | 20 | / |
| Kwimai | 91 | 10 | / |
| Kwismi | 91 | 8 | / |
| Kwuimi | 91 | 2 | / |
| Nkwuimi | 83 | 2 | / |
| Kwoimoi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kuimi | 80 | 334 | / |
| Kwemi | 80 | 203 | / |
| Kwima | 80 | 119 | / |
| Kwime | 80 | 38 | / |
| Gwimi | 80 | 14 | / |
| Kwimy | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nkwaimih | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kwaimais | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kweimich | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kuhimi | 73 | 265 | / |
| Nkuimi | 73 | 207 | / |
| Kwemie | 73 | 158 | / |
| Kwaima | 73 | 29 | / |
| Kuimai | 73 | 8 | / |
| Kwimee | 73 | 5 | / |
| Kuimie | 73 | 4 | / |
| Kweemi | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kwimeh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kweumi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kuimui | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kgwima | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngwimi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwimmy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kuimei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kweime | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwehmie | 67 | 61 | / |
| Kweamie | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kuhaimi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Qwaismi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Khweime | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kouhimi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kwimmeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| K'Weima | 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 Kwimi
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