Lemwayi Surname
Approximately 111 people bear this surname
Lemwayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 110 | 1:481,287 | 32,644 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Lemwayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lemwayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lemwayi occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Lemwayi.
How Common Is The Last Name Lemwayi? popularity and diffusion
Lemwayi is the 1,736,881st most frequently held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lemwayi live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 110 people, or 1 in 481,287. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Dodoma Region, where 96 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 1 percent reside. Not including Tanzania Lemwayi exists in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lemway | 92 | 274 | / |
| Lemwai | 92 | 121 | / |
| Lembayi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lomwai | 77 | 670 | / |
| Lenway | 77 | 164 | / |
| Lamwai | 77 | 151 | / |
| Lembai | 77 | 46 | / |
| Lemwie | 77 | 18 | / |
| Lenwai | 77 | 15 | / |
| Limway | 77 | 2 | / |
| Lembay | 77 | 2 | / |
| Lemvay | 77 | 0 | / |
| Lemwey | 77 | 0 | / |
| Lomway | 77 | 0 | / |
| Lembaji | 71 | 89 | / |
| Lembayu | 71 | 24 | / |
| Lembayo | 71 | 7 | / |
| Limweyi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Lembaye | 71 | 3 | / |
| Lembeyi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lemwawe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lemnwui | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lemnwei | 71 | 1 | / |
| Leambaye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lemuayut | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hlembeyi | 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 Lemwayi
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