Quechua Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Quechua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peru | 15 | 1:2,118,942 | 25,723 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
Quechua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Quechua Come From? nationality or country of origin
Quechua occurs most in Peru. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Quechua? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,427,875th most common last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 85 percent of Quechua live; 80 percent live in South America and 75 percent live in Andean South America.
Quechua is most frequently occurring in Peru, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 2,118,942. In Peru Quechua is most numerous in: Lima Province, where 80 percent reside, Ica Region, where 13 percent reside and Ayacucho Region, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Peru this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Taiwan, where 10 percent reside and Brazil, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quichua | 86 | 909 | / |
| Qquehua | 86 | 3 | / |
| Kuechuay | 80 | 1 | / |
| Qochua | 77 | 103 | / |
| Quihua | 77 | 40 | / |
| Kechua | 77 | 30 | / |
| Quicua | 77 | 3 | / |
| Quejua | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kouetchua | 75 | 16 | / |
| Gueachuay | 75 | 1 | / |
| Quijhua | 71 | 583 | / |
| Kechhua | 71 | 182 | / |
| Quessua | 71 | 21 | / |
| Quishua | 71 | 12 | / |
| Chechua | 71 | 7 | / |
| Quizhua | 71 | 6 | / |
| Quesuah | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ketchua | 71 | 2 | / |
| Quehwea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Caechua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ccechua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Quihuat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Guachua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Queva | 67 | 1,771 | / |
| Chechuha | 67 | 238 | / |
| Queba | 67 | 41 | / |
| Qihua | 67 | 37 | / |
| Cehua | 67 | 22 | / |
| Qquijhua | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ketchuea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cihua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chechuea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Quehweah | 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
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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 Quechua
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