Liwale Surname
Approximately 240 people bear this surname
Liwale Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 116 | 1:136,637 | 10,044 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
Liwale (23) may also be a first name.
Liwale Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Liwale Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Liwale is found most in Zambia. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Liwale.
How Common Is The Last Name Liwale? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,044,719th most commonly held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 30,364,775 people. The surname Liwale is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Liwale live; 48 percent live in Southern Africa and 48 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most common first name on earth. It is borne by 23 people.
The last name Liwale is most numerous in Zambia, where it is held by 116 people, or 1 in 136,637. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: Western Province, where 68 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 22 percent live and Southern Province, where 4 percent live. Excluding Zambia it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 45 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 4 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 Liwale
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