Keweya Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Keweya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 10 | 1:409,486 | 16,302 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Keweya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Keweya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Keweya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻳﻪ) is more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Keweya.
How Common Is The Last Name Keweya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,391,485th most common last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Keweya reside; 85 percent reside in West Africa and 77 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
It is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 409,486. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Gorgol Region, where 90 percent are found and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 10 percent are found. Other than Mauritania this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 15 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Keweya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Keweya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﻳﻪ | kwyh | - |
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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 Keweya
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