Liwakala Surname
Approximately 1,048 people bear this surname
Liwakala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 997 | 1:15,898 | 1,792 |
| Namibia | 51 | 1:47,243 | 5,945 |
Liwakala (287) may also be a first name.
Liwakala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Liwakala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Liwakala is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Liwakala? popularity and diffusion
The surname Liwakala is the 348,561st most widely held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 6,953,765 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Liwakala live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Liwakala is also the 522,011th most frequently used forename internationally, borne by 287 people.
Liwakala is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is carried by 997 people, or 1 in 15,898. In Zambia Liwakala is mostly found in: Western Province, where 66 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 15 percent live and Southern Province, where 10 percent live. Excluding Zambia Liwakala exists in one country. It is also common in Namibia, where 5 percent live.
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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 Liwakala
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