Gweye Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Gweye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 20 | 1:771,912 | 53,776 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Gweye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gweye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gweye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﻮﻱ) is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gweye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gweye is the 3,882,373rd most frequent last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. The last name Gweye is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Gweye live; 81 percent live in Southern Africa and 81 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 771,912. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Masvingo Province, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 4 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gweye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gweye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻛﻮﻱ | akwy | 40 |
| ﺍﻗﻮﻳﻪ | aqwyh | 40 |
| ﺍﻛﻮﻳﻪ | akwyh | 20 |
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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 Gweye
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