Blewu Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Blewu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Blewu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia161:275,53316,331
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Togo41:1,811,9428,122

Blewu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Blewu is carried by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Blewu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Blewu is the 3,798,600th most prevalent surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Blewu are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 59 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.

The last name is most common in Liberia, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 275,533. In Liberia Blewu is most frequent in: Grand Gedeh County, where 88 percent are found, Lofa County, where 6 percent are found and Margibi County, where 6 percent are found. Other than Liberia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 26 percent are found and Togo, where 15 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Blewou912/
Blowu8079/
Blebu8028/
Blawu8021/
Blevu801/
Blewoe7338/
Blebou7322/
Blaawu732/
Bellevu676/
Bellawu671/
Bellebu671/
Blahwou671/
Bleveus670/
Bellebou62134/
Bellevou6215/
Bellevus621/
Belleveu621/
Billevou620/
Bellevaux5770/
Bellevaut5711/
Bellevaud5710/
Billeveux570/
Blaavu551/
Blibui551/
Blibou551/
Bellevault535/
Bellavu506/
Vellevu503/

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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 Blewu
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