Lishomwa Surname
Approximately 1,479 people bear this surname
Lishomwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 1,422 | 1:11,146 | 1,286 |
| Zimbabwe | 26 | 1:593,778 | 45,605 |
| Namibia | 21 | 1:114,733 | 9,093 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Lishomwa (589) may also be a first name.
Lishomwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lishomwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lishomwa is found in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lishomwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lishomwa is the 264,657th most numerous surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,927,347 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Lishomwa reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Lishomwa is also the 344,724th most frequently used forename on earth It is held by 589 people.
The last name Lishomwa is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is held by 1,422 people, or 1 in 11,146. In Zambia Lishomwa is most numerous in: Western Province, where 59 percent are found, Southern Province, where 21 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Zambia this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 2 percent are found and Namibia, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Lishomwa
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