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 surname Hweye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺣﻮﻳﻪ) is held by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hweye? popularity and diffusion
Hweye is the 8,968,613th most numerous surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Hweye is predominantly 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 numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 10 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 2,204,268. In Liberia it is most numerous in: Maryland County, where 50 percent live and Montserrado County, where 50 percent live. Barring Liberia this last name exists in one country. It also occurs 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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