Kwiya Surname
Approximately 404 people bear this surname
Kwiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 227 | 1:233,223 | 19,155 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Cameroon | 35 | 1:593,402 | 45,326 |
| Thailand | 21 | 1:3,363,731 | 310,277 |
| Kenya | 11 | 1:4,198,173 | 41,178 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
Kwiya (126) may also be a first name.
Kwiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kwiya is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwiya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 721,185th most prevalent last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 18,038,480 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Kwiya live; 59 percent live in East Africa and 57 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kwiya is also the 829,183rd most commonly used forename worldwide, held by 126 people.
The surname is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 227 people, or 1 in 233,223. In Tanzania Kwiya is most frequent in: Rukwa Region, where 98 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 2 percent reside. Barring Tanzania it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 24 percent reside and Cameroon, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khwiya | 91 | 422 | / |
| Kweya | 80 | 1,525 | / |
| Kwaya | 80 | 1,320 | / |
| Gwiya | 80 | 516 | / |
| Kuiya | 80 | 228 | / |
| Kwiyo | 80 | 87 | / |
| Kwaia | 80 | 12 | / |
| Kwaiy | 80 | 5 | / |
| Kwiye | 80 | 5 | / |
| Kwija | 80 | 3 | / |
| Kwoya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kwéya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kweia | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kweyap | 73 | 66 | / |
| Nkuiya | 73 | 24 | / |
| Kweyah | 73 | 23 | / |
| Kwayah | 73 | 21 | / |
| Kviyah | 73 | 10 | / |
| Kwouya | 73 | 5 | / |
| Kwahia | 73 | 4 | / |
| Kwihia | 73 | 4 | / |
| Khwaya | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kwaaya | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nkwiyo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kwuija | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kïwíya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwuyah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwiyoh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwoaya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwai'a | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwiyee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwaiha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kweiat | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kweyat | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwei | 67 | 5,216 | / |
| Kway | 67 | 4,033 | / |
| Kwai | 67 | 2,617 | / |
| Kwaa | 67 | 1,752 | / |
| Kwey | 67 | 427 | / |
| Kwoi | 67 | 74 | / |
| Kwau | 67 | 45 | / |
| Kwaj | 67 | 44 | / |
| Kwij | 67 | 27 | / |
| Kwea | 67 | 25 | / |
| Kwoa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kwui | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngwiyah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kwuy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwoy | 67 | 1 | / |
| K'Weyah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwayaha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkuhiya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngqwiya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwayaja | 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 Kwiya
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