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 be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 721,185th most widespread surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 18,038,480 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Kwiya are found; 59 percent are found in East Africa and 57 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 829,183rd most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 126 people.
This last name is most common 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 are found and Morogoro Region, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 24 percent are found and Cameroon, where 9 percent are found.
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
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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 Kwiya
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