Kws Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Kws Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kws 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
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
France11:66,422,722504,397
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Kws (16) may also be a first name.

Kws Last Name Facts

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

Kws is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kws.

How Common Is The Last Name Kws? popularity and diffusion

Kws is the 6,063,924th most numerous family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Kws is predominantly found in Asia, where 80 percent of Kws live; 80 percent live in Southeast Asia and 60 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,786,762nd most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 16 people.

Kws is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 22,041,532. In Indonesia it is most numerous in: Lampung, where 100 percent live. Besides Indonesia this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 20 percent live and France, where 10 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
Kwsh865/
Kkws862/
Kwfs862/
Khws861/
Kqws861/
Kwxs861/
Kwsz861/
Kwst861/
Qkws861/
Khwsh756/
Gkwws751/
Kwsth751/
Nkwsh751/
Kgwsp751/
Cws67102/
Qws6712/
Gws678/
Kwz676/
Kwx673/
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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 Kws
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