Liswe Surname

1,415,499th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 153 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Liswe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Liswe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1441:513,05340,658
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Liswe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Liswe is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Liswe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,415,499th most widely held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 47,631,019 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Liswe live; 94 percent live in Central Africa and 94 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 144 people, or 1 in 513,053. Aside from The DR Congo it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Liswea9127/
Leiswe911/
Loiswe911/
Lisw8913/
Lischwe8391/
Liswa80356/
Leswe80330/
Lisbe80149/
Luswe8031/
Lisue8015/
Liswi8010/
Leisw801/
Lishw800/
Lisbey73376/
Leswed73153/
Lishwa7396/
Litsue7316/
Lisvey736/
Laisue734/
Lisvet732/
Lishwi731/
Leswue731/
Laiswa731/
Lesweu731/
Litswi731/
Liswis731/
Lissue731/
Lisbee731/
Luisew731/
Laissue67157/
Laisuea6748/
Lesswed675/
Loiswai674/
Litsver672/
Liswooa671/
Laisuer671/
Lesweid671/
Lesw671/
Loisuee671/
Lishuer670/
Lissuer670/
Leisuer670/

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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 Liswe
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