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 last name Keweya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻳﻪ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Keweya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Keweya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Keweya is the 5,391,485th most prevalent last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. Keweya is primarily found in Africa, where 85 percent of Keweya reside; 85 percent reside in West Africa and 77 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The surname Keweya is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 409,486. In Mauritania it is most common in: Gorgol Region, where 90 percent reside and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account Mauritania Keweya exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 15 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 8 percent reside.
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
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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 Keweya
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