Lemwa Surname
Approximately 74 people bear this surname
Lemwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Lemwa (102) may also be a first name.
Lemwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lemwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lemwa is found most in The DR Congo. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lemwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lemwa is the 2,203,767th most common surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 98,480,350 people. The last name Lemwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Lemwa are found; 88 percent are found in Central Africa and 88 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Lemwa is also the 935,178th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 102 people.
Lemwa is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 48 people, or 1 in 1,539,158. Excluding The DR Congo it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 23 percent are found and Nigeria, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lemway | 91 | 274 | / |
| Lemwai | 91 | 121 | / |
| Lemwas | 91 | 24 | / |
| Lemwua | 91 | 3 | / |
| Leemwa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Leamwat | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lemba | 80 | 25,809 | / |
| Lamwa | 80 | 494 | / |
| Lomwa | 80 | 308 | / |
| Lemwe | 80 | 186 | / |
| Limwa | 80 | 51 | / |
| Lenwa | 80 | 26 | / |
| Lemua | 80 | 14 | / |
| Lemwi | 80 | 4 | / |
| Lemva | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lomwai | 73 | 670 | / |
| Hlemba | 73 | 279 | / |
| Lenway | 73 | 164 | / |
| Lamwai | 73 | 151 | / |
| Lembai | 73 | 46 | / |
| Leamba | 73 | 24 | / |
| Lemwie | 73 | 18 | / |
| Lenwai | 73 | 15 | / |
| Limwas | 73 | 13 | / |
| Lembau | 73 | 13 | / |
| Lembea | 73 | 5 | / |
| Leimba | 73 | 5 | / |
| Liamwa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Lenmba | 73 | 2 | / |
| Lhemba | 73 | 2 | / |
| Limway | 73 | 2 | / |
| Lenwah | 73 | 2 | / |
| Lembay | 73 | 2 | / |
| Lemuea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lembha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lehmba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lembaa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Limwah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Limwaï | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hlenwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lemwih | 73 | 1 | / |
| Leemba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lomway | 73 | 0 | / |
| Lemwey | 73 | 0 | / |
| Lemvay | 73 | 0 | / |
| Liamwua | 67 | 172 | / |
| Lemvach | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lmba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lemnwei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lamwaha | 67 | 1 | / |
| D'Lemba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lemwett | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Lemwa
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