Dwe Surname

1,321,499th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 170 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Liberia

Dwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo961:769,57954,223
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
Taiwan101:2,344,47514,894
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Liberia81:551,06725,208
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Dwe (219) may also be a first name.

Dwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dwe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺪﻭ) is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Dwe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,321,499th most widespread last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 42,867,917 people. The last name Dwe occurs mostly in Africa, where 71 percent of Dwe are found; 56 percent are found in Central Africa and 56 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Dwe is also the 609,814th most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 219 people.

Dwe is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 96 people, or 1 in 769,579. Outside of The DR Congo Dwe is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 8 percent live and Thailand, where 6 percent live.

Dwe Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Dwe earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 75.24% less than the national average, earning R 58,836 per year and in United States they earn 17.15% less than the national average, earning $35,750 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dweh8610,666/
Dwee8636/
Dwie8620/
Dwei8614/
Dwey866/
Dwhe862/
Dwea862/
Dwwe861/
Dwje861/
Dw80888/
Dweih7539/
Dweeh757/
Dhwee755/
Dwees755/
Dwetz753/
Dwerr752/
Dwuer752/
Dhwie751/
Dhhwe751/
Ddwer751/
Dwhje751/
Dtwer751/
Dweht751/
Dwehh751/
Dwi6718,545/
Due6714,024/
Dwa67659/
Dwy67123/
Twe6766/
Dve6745/
Tdw6735/
Dhw6730/
Dbe6716/
D'Weih6713/
Dwj6712/
Dwh679/
Ddw676/
Hdw674/
D'West672/
Dweett671/
Dweich671/
Dhwieh671/
D'Wehr671/

Dwe Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dwe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺪﻭaldw-

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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 Dwe
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