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
The surname Liwaya is found in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Liwaya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 356,452nd most frequent last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 7,151,664 people. This surname is predominantly found 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 common forename throughout the world. It is borne by 272 people.
This last name is most numerous in Malawi, where it is borne by 680 people, or 1 in 25,175. Outside of Malawi this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 15 percent live and The Philippines, where 14 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
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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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