Lewechi Surname

681,965th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 436 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Lewechi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lewechi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4251:416,80621,662
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Lewechi (516) may also be a first name.

Lewechi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lewechi is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lewechi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 681,965th most widespread surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 16,714,555 people. Lewechi is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Lewechi live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 372,032nd most prevalent first name at a global level. It is borne by 516 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 425 people, or 1 in 416,806. In Nigeria Lewechi is most frequent in: Abia, where 48 percent are found, Lagos, where 12 percent are found and Rivers, where 12 percent are found. Not including Nigeria Lewechi is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent are found and Benin, where 0 percent are found.

Lewechi Last Name Statistics demography

Lewechi earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 34.14% less than the national average, earning $28,417 USD per year.

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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 Lewechi
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