Kwiyo Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Kwiyo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 74 | 1:208,625 | 23,867 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Kwiyo (15) may also be a first name.
Kwiyo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwiyo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kwiyo has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwiyo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,007,164th most commonly used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. Kwiyo is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Kwiyo reside; 85 percent reside in Southern Africa and 85 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 15 people.
The surname is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 74 people, or 1 in 208,625. In Zimbabwe Kwiyo is most frequent in: Midlands Province, where 86 percent reside, Harare Province, where 11 percent reside and Bulawayo Province, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Zimbabwe this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkwiyo | 91 | 2 | / |
| Kwiyoh | 91 | 1 | / |
| Gwiyo | 80 | 699 | / |
| Kwiya | 80 | 404 | / |
| Kuiyo | 80 | 208 | / |
| Kweyo | 80 | 162 | / |
| Kwayo | 80 | 109 | / |
| Kwoyo | 80 | 8 | / |
| Kwiye | 80 | 5 | / |
| Kwaiy | 80 | 5 | / |
| Kwoio | 80 | 1 | / |
| Khwiya | 73 | 422 | / |
| Kwayoh | 73 | 13 | / |
| Nkweyo | 73 | 4 | / |
| Kwayou | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kwiyee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkwayo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gkwayo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwooyo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwoyot | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkwuyo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwei | 67 | 5,216 | / |
| Kway | 67 | 4,033 | / |
| Kwai | 67 | 2,617 | / |
| Kwey | 67 | 427 | / |
| Kwoi | 67 | 74 | / |
| Kwij | 67 | 27 | / |
| Kwoa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kwoj | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kwui | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kwoy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwuiyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwuy | 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 Kwiyo
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis