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 most common in Zambia. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lishomwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 264,657th most frequent family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 4,927,347 people. Lishomwa is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Lishomwa live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 344,724th most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 589 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is carried by 1,422 people, or 1 in 11,146. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Western Province, where 59 percent reside, Southern Province, where 21 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 10 percent reside. Barring Zambia Lishomwa exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 2 percent reside and Namibia, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Lishomwa
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