Kwoba Surname
Approximately 3,583 people bear this surname
Kwoba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2,854 | 1:16,181 | 1,937 |
| Uganda | 725 | 1:53,847 | 6,413 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Kwoba (619) may also be a first name.
Kwoba Demographics
Kwoba Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kwoba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwoba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kwoba is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwoba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kwoba is the 126,741st most widely held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 2,033,923 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwoba live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 84 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kwoba is also the 335,240th most commonly held first name on earth It is held by 619 people.
This last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 2,854 people, or 1 in 16,181. In Kenya Kwoba is most frequent in: Bungoma County, where 58 percent reside, Busia County, where 18 percent reside and Kakamega County, where 15 percent reside. Apart from Kenya this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 20 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.
Kwoba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kwooba | 91 | 7 | / |
| Kwobah | 91 | 7 | / |
| Nkwoba | 91 | 2 | / |
| Kweba | 80 | 1,097 | / |
| Kwaba | 80 | 370 | / |
| Kwobo | 80 | 11 | / |
| Gwoba | 80 | 4 | / |
| Kwobe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Qwoba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kwobi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kuoba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kwabea | 73 | 697 | / |
| Kwasba | 73 | 40 | / |
| Kgweba | 73 | 16 | / |
| Kweeba | 73 | 10 | / |
| Kwober | 73 | 8 | / |
| Kwabau | 73 | 4 | / |
| Khwaba | 73 | 4 | / |
| Kwabai | 73 | 4 | / |
| Kwaaba | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nkwuba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwabha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kuoyba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwebah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwheba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngwoba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwobit | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwuiba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kkweba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwuobe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwaabea | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kwabuha | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kwebeah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kouhoba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kouhaba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwabeha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwahuba | 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 Kwoba
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