Lebwa Surname

1,943,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 92 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Lebwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lebwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo891:830,10857,152
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

Lebwa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lebwa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Lebwa occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Lebwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Lebwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Lebwa is the 1,943,350th most common last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 79,212,456 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Lebwa live; 97 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 89 people, or 1 in 830,108. Outside of The DR Congo Lebwa occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 2 percent are found and Poland, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leubwa913/
Lebwad911/
Lebba801,403/
Libwa80556/
Labwa80178/
Lobwa80144/
Lebwe8076/
Lebua8016/
Lebva803/
Levba802/
Lepwa801/
Lebbai73722/
Laebua73313/
Labwah73106/
Leabua7357/
Libwea7335/
Lebbay736/
Liabwa733/
Libwas732/
Lobway731/
Labwwa731/
Lebvay730/
Lebwith6717/
Leabuoa6711/
Libweha677/

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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 Lebwa
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