Likwawa Surname
Approximately 437 people bear this surname
Likwawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 433 | 1:122,267 | 11,592 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
Likwawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Likwawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Likwawa occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Likwawa.
How Common Is The Last Name Likwawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Likwawa is the 680,882nd most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 16,676,306 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Likwawa live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 433 people, or 1 in 122,267. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Morogoro Region, where 69 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 25 percent live and Arusha Region, where 2 percent live. Aside from Tanzania it occurs in one country. It is also common in Malawi, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Likhwawa | 93 | 1 | / |
| Likwava | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lekwauwa | 80 | 693 | / |
| Lekwuawa | 80 | 8 | / |
| Lekwaewa | 80 | 3 | / |
| Lekwauwua | 75 | 3 | / |
| Leakwauwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ligbawa | 71 | 34 | / |
| Likwabe | 71 | 5 | / |
| Lucwawa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Likwabi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Likwave | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lekwawi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lekweuwa | 67 | 86 | / |
| Lekwauba | 67 | 7 | / |
| Leakwaba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lukweuwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lekwauwuo | 63 | 1 | / |
| Ligwewo | 57 | 8 | / |
| Likueva | 57 | 5 | / |
| Leqwaba | 57 | 1 | / |
| Liqwabe | 57 | 1 | / |
| Lekwoba | 57 | 1 | / |
| Lekwabe | 57 | 1 | / |
| Lekwewua | 53 | 3 | / |
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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 Likwawa
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