Lewei Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Lewei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Lewei (116) may also be a first name.
Lewei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lewei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lewei is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lewei? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lewei is the 2,776,799th most common surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. The surname Lewei occurs predominantly in Africa, where 73 percent of Lewei reside; 59 percent reside in West Africa and 59 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 868,627th most prevalent first name worldwide, held by 116 people.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 6,326,527. In Nigeria Lewei is most frequent in: Delta, where 75 percent live and Bayelsa, where 25 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent live and Tanzania, where 12 percent live.
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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 Lewei
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