Liwawa Surname
Approximately 1,605 people bear this surname
Liwawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 903 | 1:81,816 | 9,431 |
| Tanzania | 351 | 1:150,831 | 13,693 |
| Malawi | 340 | 1:50,350 | 7,017 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Liwawa (71) may also be a first name.
Liwawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Liwawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Liwawa occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Liwawa.
How Common Is The Last Name Liwawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Liwawa is the 247,748th most prevalent family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 4,540,527 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Liwawa reside; 56 percent reside in Central Africa and 56 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Liwawa is also the 1,152,838th most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 71 people.
The last name is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is held by 903 people, or 1 in 81,816. Other than The DR Congo this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 22 percent are found and Malawi, where 21 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liwawas | 92 | 78 | / |
| Liwaywa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Liwayway | 86 | 74 | / |
| Liwaswas | 86 | 1 | / |
| Luwawa | 83 | 2,165 | / |
| Liwowa | 83 | 978 | / |
| Libawa | 83 | 269 | / |
| Liwewa | 83 | 249 | / |
| Liwawo | 83 | 12 | / |
| Lewawa | 83 | 5 | / |
| Liwaba | 83 | 4 | / |
| Livawa | 83 | 4 | / |
| Liwawi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Liwawe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lewauwa | 77 | 3 | / |
| Luwawea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Luwaawa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Luwawah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Luwayway | 71 | 1 | / |
| Libaba | 67 | 1,699 | / |
| Liwowo | 67 | 77 | / |
| Libava | 67 | 16 | / |
| Luwawo | 67 | 13 | / |
| Libawo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Liwowi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lewawo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Livava | 67 | 2 | / |
| Livawi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Liwawa
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