Liwaya Surname
Approximately 1,019 people bear this surname
Liwaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 680 | 1:25,175 | 3,828 |
| DR Congo | 150 | 1:492,530 | 39,325 |
| Philippines | 145 | 1:698,195 | 71,110 |
| Tanzania | 32 | 1:1,654,425 | 47,334 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Liwaya (272) may also be a first name.
Liwaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Liwaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Liwaya is found most in Malawi. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Liwaya.
How Common Is The Last Name Liwaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Liwaya is the 356,452nd most widespread last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 7,151,664 people. The surname Liwaya occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Liwaya reside; 67 percent reside in Southern Africa and 67 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Liwaya is also the 538,995th most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 272 people.
This surname is most common in Malawi, where it is held by 680 people, or 1 in 25,175. Apart from Malawi this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 15 percent reside and The Philippines, where 14 percent reside.
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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
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- 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 Liwaya
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