Devwe Surname

1,058,336th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 236 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Devwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Devwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi2351:72,8479,384
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Devwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Devwe is held by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Devwe? popularity and diffusion

Devwe is the 1,058,336th most commonly used family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 30,879,432 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Devwe live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Devwe is most widespread in Malawi, where it is carried by 235 people, or 1 in 72,847. Besides Malawi it occurs in one country. It is also found in India, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Devwet911/
Devwie911/
Debwe80713/
Devue80219/
Depwe8036/
Divwe8024/
Devve8019/
Devwi802/
Dejvw801/
Dewbe801/
Devoue7349/
Devves7330/
Davweh735/
Deuvue733/
Devues731/
Devvea731/
Dewwey731/
Davwee731/
Debver731/
Davwue731/
Dewvey731/
Devver730/
Dewbey730/
Depwey730/
Devuee730/
Devouer674/
Deww671/
Dewwehy671/

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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 Devwe
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