Kwomo Surname

970,883rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 267 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Kwomo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kwomo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2461:720,09333,031
Cameroon141:1,483,50583,777
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Kwomo (10) may also be a first name.

Kwomo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kwomo is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kwomo.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwomo? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 970,883rd most prevalent surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 27,294,179 people. Kwomo is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kwomo live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kwomo is also the 3,684,242nd most numerous forename in the world, borne by 10 people.

The surname Kwomo is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 246 people, or 1 in 720,093. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Bayelsa, where 94 percent are found, Lagos, where 2 percent are found and Rivers, where 2 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 5 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kwomou913/
Nkwomo912/
Kwoimoi831/
Kwoma80624/
Kwemo80459/
Kwamo80326/
Kuomo802/
Kwumo801/
Kwemoi738,584/
Kwamou73564/
Nkwamo73175/
Kwemou73104/
Ngwomo7327/
Kwuimo733/
Kwuoma732/
Kwemoy732/
Kwémou731/
Kwamoy731/
Kwamoh731/
Kwomma731/
Kwomah731/
Kwemmo731/
Gwomoh731/
Nkwamou67110/
Nkwomah673/
Nkwouma671/

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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 Kwomo
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