Liwewe Surname
Approximately 3,153 people bear this surname
Liwewe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 3,006 | 1:5,695 | 807 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Tanzania | 17 | 1:3,114,213 | 50,054 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Liwewe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Liwewe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Liwewe is more commonly found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Liwewe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 141,349th most common surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 2,311,305 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Liwewe are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
It is most widespread in Malawi, where it is held by 3,006 people, or 1 in 5,695. Excluding Malawi this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 4 percent reside and Tanzania, where 1 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 Liwewe
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