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 found most frequently in Cameroon. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwimi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,447,279th most common family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 49,240,175 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 73 percent of Kwimi live; 73 percent live in Central Africa and 72 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 87 people, or 1 in 238,725. In Cameroon Kwimi is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 64 percent live, Littoral Region, where 23 percent live and West Region, where 8 percent live. Aside from Cameroon this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs 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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