Fwema Surname
Approximately 407 people bear this surname
Fwema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 298 | 1:177,656 | 15,509 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
Fwema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fwema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fwema is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Fwema click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fwema? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 717,442nd most common surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 17,905,518 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Fwema reside; 73 percent reside in East Africa and 73 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Fwema is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 298 people, or 1 in 177,656. In Tanzania Fwema is primarily concentrated in: Rukwa Region, where 75 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 23 percent reside and Tanga Region, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania Fwema occurs in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 27 percent reside.
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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 Fwema
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