Kwiva Surname

1,185,157th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 200 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Kwiva Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kwiva Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1921:384,78933,038
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Kwiva Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kwiva Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kwiva occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwiva? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,185,157th most commonly held family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 36,437,730 people. Kwiva is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwiva are found; 96 percent are found in Central Africa and 96 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is held by 192 people, or 1 in 384,789. Not including The DR Congo it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 4 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found.

Kwiva Last Name Statistics demography

Kwiva earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 90.39% less than the national average, earning R 22,836 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kuiva80218/
Kwiwa8046/
Gwiva801/
Kweva801/
Gwaiva737/
Kwaiwa735/
Kwevau735/
Gwivaa731/
Gwivah731/
Kuivah731/
Kweiwa731/
Kwuiba731/
Kwiwah731/
Kgwiba731/
Gwivaha671,797/
Kweibea671/
Kuivaus671/
Kouhiva671/
Kwaibai671/
Kwaiwah671/

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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 Kwiva
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