Kwom Surname

2,061,309th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 83 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Kwom Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kwom Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon401:519,22741,500
Nigeria281:6,326,527151,186
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Kwom (48) may also be a first name.

Kwom Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kwom occurs most in Cameroon. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kwom click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwom? popularity and diffusion

Kwom is the 2,061,309th most numerous last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 87,801,758 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Kwom reside; 48 percent reside in Central Africa and 35 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Kwom is also the 1,448,253rd most numerous forename on earth. It is borne by 48 people.

This surname is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 40 people, or 1 in 519,227. In Cameroon it is most common in: Northwest Region, where 65 percent reside, East Region, where 28 percent reside and Centre Region, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 34 percent reside and The United States, where 10 percent reside.

Kwom Last Name Statistics demography

Kwom earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 50.3% more than the national average, earning $64,854 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkwom8923/
Khwom8913/
Kwome891/
Kwoum891/
Kwoom891/
Kwuome804/
Gwom756,658/
Kwam75705/
Kuom75112/
Cwom752/
Qwom751/
Kwame6755,278/
Khwam6718/
Kwamm6717/
Nkwum674/
Kuome673/
Kkuom671/
Cwgom671/
Gwomm671/
Gwome671/
Kwaam671/
Kwuam671/
Kwaum671/

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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 Kwom
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