Hweye Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Hweye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Hweye (10) may also be a first name.
Hweye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hweye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hweye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺣﻮﻳﻪ) is found most frequently in Liberia. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hweye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,968,613th most prevalent family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Hweye is mostly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Hweye are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently held first name on earth It is held by 10 people.
This last name is most frequent in Liberia, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 2,204,268. In Liberia it is most prevalent in: Maryland County, where 50 percent reside and Montserrado County, where 50 percent reside. Outside of Liberia this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 50 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hweye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hweye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺣﻮﻳﻪ | ahwyh | - |
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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 Hweye
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