Liwawa Surname

247,748th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,605 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Malawi

Liwawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Liwawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo9031:81,8169,431
Tanzania3511:150,83113,693
Malawi3401:50,3507,017
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
England11:55,718,059489,080

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

Liwawa is most common in The DR Congo. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Liwawa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 247,748th most widespread surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 4,540,527 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Liwawa are found; 56 percent are found in Central Africa and 56 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Liwawa is also the 1,152,838th most widespread first name at a global level. It is borne by 71 people.

The last name Liwawa is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 903 people, or 1 in 81,816. Beside The DR Congo it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 22 percent are found and Malawi, where 21 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Liwawas9278/
Liwaywa921/
Liwayway8674/
Liwaswas861/
Luwawa832,165/
Liwowa83978/
Libawa83269/
Liwewa83249/
Liwawo8312/
Lewawa835/
Liwaba834/
Livawa834/
Liwawi831/
Liwawe831/
Lewauwa773/
Luwawea771/
Luwaawa771/
Luwawah771/
Luwayway711/
Libaba671,699/
Liwowo6777/
Libava6716/
Luwawo6713/
Libawo675/
Liwowi674/
Lewawo674/
Livava672/
Livawi671/

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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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