Kaweye Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Kaweye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kaweye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaweye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kaweye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻱ) occurs most in Mauritania. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kaweye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaweye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,427,875th most widespread family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname Kaweye is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Kaweye reside; 45 percent reside in Southern Africa and 40 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The surname Kaweye is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 584,980. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Gorgol Region, where 86 percent live and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 14 percent live. Outside of Mauritania this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Angola, where 20 percent live and Zambia, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kaweye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kaweye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﻱ | kwy | 66.67 |
| ﻛﻮﻳﻪ | kwyh | 33.33 |
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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 Kaweye
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