Lightwell Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Lightwell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lightwell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Lightwell (1,617) may also be a first name.

Lightwell Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lightwell has its highest incidence in Malawi. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lightwell? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,057,639th most widely held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. Lightwell occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Lightwell are found; 67 percent are found in Southern Africa and 67 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 192,106th most common first name internationally It is held by 1,617 people.

Lightwell is most numerous in Malawi, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 1,902,123. Beside Malawi it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 27 percent reside and The United States, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lightell94462/
Lightwel941/
Leightell8969/
Lighttell892/
Lighteall892/
Lightel8869/
Lightwalla8418/
Laitwell824/
Lightall821/
Lighdell821/
Leightel820/
Litell8070/
Lightwala78287/
Lightwale781/
Leightall780/
Littell752,685/
Lightle752,042/
Lightly75352/
Lidwell75224/
Leitell7514/
Litweli752/
Litdell752/
Litella751/
Loightl751/
Litellu751/
Lutwell751/
Latwell750/
Lightowley741/
Lightley71282/
Litel71163/
Lightaul7116/
Leightly716/
Leightle716/
Litielli713/
Litielly713/
Loatwell713/
Littelle712/
Littelli711/
L'Atwell711/
Latewell711/
Luttwell710/
Leittell710/
Laittell710/
Lightale710/
Lightile710/
L Atwell710/
Luitel6718,401/
Littel671,257/
Litelu67806/
Lidell67516/
Leightley67324/
Leitel67253/
Lytell67234/
Liteli67209/
Latell67133/
Litele67120/
Litela67108/
Litelo67104/
Laitel6782/
Litlle6755/
Lhotel6745/
Loitel6729/
Letell6726/
Lightdale6713/
Lötell678/
Lietel674/
Lotwel672/
Lhetel671/
Leitielly671/
Littielly671/
Liehtwala671/
Lighdhall671/
Litely671/
Lutwel671/
Lotell671/
Lihtle671/
Lattiwell670/
Litdel670/

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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 Lightwell
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