Kwokwo Surname

446,308th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 764 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Kwokwo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Kwokwo Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4531:391,04420,612
DR Congo3011:245,44723,516
Cameroon41:5,192,267135,173
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
England11:55,718,059489,080
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Kwokwo (58) may also be a first name.

Kwokwo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kwokwo is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwokwo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kwokwo is the 446,308th most commonly held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 9,538,673 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwokwo live; 59 percent live in West Africa and 59 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kwokwo is also the 1,295,729th most widespread first name globally. It is borne by 58 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 453 people, or 1 in 391,044. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Bayelsa, where 94 percent live, Rivers, where 2 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 2 percent live. Outside of Nigeria Kwokwo occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 39 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkwokwo923/
Kwokwoh921/
Kwogwo831/
Gwokwo831/
Kwokwah773/
Kwongwo771/
Kwokweu771/
Kwakwa675,244/
Kwekwa67105/
Kuokuo6790/
Gwogwo6726/
Kwagwo6711/
Kwukwa671/
Kwugwo671/
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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 Kwokwo
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