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 in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hweye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,968,613th most frequent surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname occurs predominantly 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 frequent first name globally, held by 10 people.
This last name is most common in Liberia, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 2,204,268. In Liberia Hweye is most prevalent in: Maryland County, where 50 percent live and Montserrado County, where 50 percent live. Apart from Liberia this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 50 percent live.
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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