Kwiss Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Kwiss Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Kwiss (17) may also be a first name.
Kwiss Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwiss Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kwiss is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwiss? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,532,898th most widely held family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Kwiss reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly held first name throughout the world It is held by 17 people.
The surname Kwiss is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Kano, where 82 percent live, Lagos, where 12 percent live and Plateau, where 6 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in France, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.
Kwiss Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kwiss has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kwisse | 91 | 13 | / |
| Khwiss | 91 | 9 | / |
| Kwis | 89 | 377 | / |
| Khweiss | 83 | 27 | / |
| Gwiss | 80 | 100 | / |
| Kweis | 80 | 69 | / |
| Kwisz | 80 | 19 | / |
| Khwis | 80 | 5 | / |
| Kwies | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kwess | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kwais | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kwish | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kwise | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kwyss | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kuiss | 80 | 0 | / |
| Kuisse | 73 | 165 | / |
| Khweis | 73 | 65 | / |
| Khwais | 73 | 38 | / |
| Kwesse | 73 | 7 | / |
| Kwitse | 73 | 7 | / |
| Kwhais | 73 | 3 | / |
| Khwish | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kweids | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwaise | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kuis | 67 | 966 | / |
| Gwis | 67 | 241 | / |
| Kwes | 67 | 131 | / |
| Kwiś | 67 | 2 | / |
| Qwis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwaishe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwiz | 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 Kwiss
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