Lewam Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Lewam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lewam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea311:263,02335,917
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669

Lewam (959) may also be a first name.

Lewam Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lewam occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lewam? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,373,373rd most widely held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. The surname Lewam is mostly found in Oceania, where 91 percent of Lewam live; 91 percent live in Oceania Islands and 91 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Lewam is also the 260,558th most frequent first name on earth, borne by 959 people.

The surname Lewam is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 263,023. In Papua New Guinea Lewam is primarily concentrated in: West New Britain, where 61 percent reside, Enga, where 29 percent reside and Morobe, where 6 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 6 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lewame9112/
Leswam911/
Lewan801,927/
Lawam80367/
Lowam80207/
Lebam8031/
Levam8021/
Lywam802/
Liwam801/
Lewań801/
Lewane73319/
Lowham73157/
Liwame7363/
Leewan7362/
Levame7315/
Lewank7310/
Liwamg739/
Leuvam737/
Lajwam734/
Leebam733/
Liewan733/
Lehwan733/
Lawham732/
Lawwam731/
Lewgan731/
Leibam731/
Lewain731/
Lewann731/
Leivam731/
Leiwan731/
Leabam731/
Lewhan731/
Leawom731/
Leawan730/
Lebaum730/
Lewean730/
Lewaschim711/
Lehwachim711/
Leibham67391/
Hlewane6757/
Leiwant6756/
Lewaine6718/
Lewayne6711/
Lewoume678/
Lehbaum676/
Leiwang673/
Leuvaum673/
Lebaham672/
Lehwand671/
Leiwand671/
Lewasin671/
Leebham671/
Leivham671/
Lheuvam671/
Llewand671/
Lehwann671/
Lewahan671/
Lajwaam671/
Leybaum670/

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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 Lewam
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