Litwe Surname
Approximately 135 people bear this surname
Litwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 128 | 1:413,606 | 29,126 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
Litwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Litwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Litwe is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Litwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,537,949th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 53,981,822 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Litwe are found; 95 percent are found in East Africa and 95 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
Litwe is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 128 people, or 1 in 413,606. In Tanzania Litwe is most numerous in: Lindi Region, where 91 percent are found, Dodoma Region, where 7 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent are found. Beside Tanzania it is found in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Litwer | 91 | 56 | / |
| Litwet | 91 | 1 | / |
| Litwea | 91 | 1 | / |
| Littwe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Litwa | 80 | 1,267 | / |
| Lutwe | 80 | 92 | / |
| Litwi | 80 | 2 | / |
| Letwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Leitw | 80 | 1 | / |
| Litue | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lichtwer | 77 | 52 | / |
| Leitweis | 77 | 7 | / |
| Luthwe | 73 | 34 | / |
| Litwui | 73 | 15 | / |
| Litwiz | 73 | 2 | / |
| Laitue | 73 | 2 | / |
| Lituer | 73 | 2 | / |
| Litwai | 73 | 2 | / |
| Lutwei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lithwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Listue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Litway | 73 | 1 | / |
| Leihtweis | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lichtweid | 71 | 1 | / |
| Leichtweis | 67 | 815 | / |
| Leichtweiß | 67 | 129 | / |
| Listuer | 67 | 26 | / |
| Lithway | 67 | 25 | / |
| Littwiz | 67 | 4 | / |
| Litouet | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lieytwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Laituer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Litwich | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lidwett | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Litwe
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