Lemway Surname
Approximately 274 people bear this surname
Lemway Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 273 | 1:193,925 | 16,636 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Lemway Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lemway Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lemway is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Lemway click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lemway? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lemway is the 953,750th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,596,883 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lemway live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 273 people, or 1 in 193,925. In Tanzania Lemway is mostly concentrated in: Dodoma Region, where 93 percent are found, Iringa Region, where 3 percent are found and Njombe Region, where 1 percent are found. Not including Tanzania Lemway is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lemwayi | 92 | 111 | / |
| Lemwa | 91 | 74 | / |
| Lenway | 83 | 164 | / |
| Lemwai | 83 | 121 | / |
| Lemwas | 83 | 24 | / |
| Lemwua | 83 | 3 | / |
| Limway | 83 | 2 | / |
| Lembay | 83 | 2 | / |
| Leemwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lomway | 83 | 0 | / |
| Lemwey | 83 | 0 | / |
| Lemvay | 83 | 0 | / |
| Lembayu | 77 | 24 | / |
| Lembayo | 77 | 7 | / |
| Lembaye | 77 | 3 | / |
| Lembayi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lemwawe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Leamwat | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lemba | 73 | 25,809 | / |
| Lamwa | 73 | 494 | / |
| Lomwa | 73 | 308 | / |
| Lemwe | 73 | 186 | / |
| Limwa | 73 | 51 | / |
| Lenwa | 73 | 26 | / |
| Lemby | 73 | 19 | / |
| Lemua | 73 | 14 | / |
| Lemwi | 73 | 4 | / |
| Lemva | 73 | 1 | / |
| Leambaye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lemuayut | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lomwai | 67 | 670 | / |
| Hlemba | 67 | 279 | / |
| Limwey | 67 | 164 | / |
| Lamwai | 67 | 151 | / |
| Limbay | 67 | 122 | / |
| Lembey | 67 | 63 | / |
| Lemboy | 67 | 55 | / |
| Lembai | 67 | 46 | / |
| Leamba | 67 | 24 | / |
| Lemnwi | 67 | 21 | / |
| Lemwie | 67 | 18 | / |
| Lenwai | 67 | 15 | / |
| Lembau | 67 | 13 | / |
| Limwas | 67 | 13 | / |
| Lembea | 67 | 5 | / |
| Leimba | 67 | 5 | / |
| Loemwi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lenwey | 67 | 3 | / |
| Liamwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lenmba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lhemba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lenwah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Linway | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lembaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leymby | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lembha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lehmba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lemuea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Limwah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leemba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lembuy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lemwih | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hlenwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Limwaï | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Lemway
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