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
The last name Kaweye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻱ) is found most in Mauritania. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaweye? popularity and diffusion
Kaweye is the 4,427,875th most widely held last name globally, held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname occurs predominantly 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 frequent in Mauritania, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 584,980. In Mauritania Kaweye is most frequent in: Gorgol Region, where 86 percent are found and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Mauritania Kaweye occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Angola, where 20 percent are found and Zambia, where 20 percent are found.
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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