Liwonga Surname

1,281,391st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 178 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Liwonga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Liwonga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1571:109,03912,664
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665

Liwonga Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Liwonga Come From? nationality or country of origin

Liwonga is found most frequently in Malawi. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Liwonga? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,281,391st most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 40,941,269 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Liwonga reside; 88 percent reside in Southern Africa and 88 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most numerous in Malawi, where it is held by 157 people, or 1 in 109,039. Not including Malawi Liwonga exists in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 12 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Liswonga931/
Liwanga862,197/
Libonga86721/
Liwongo8676/
Liwonge8653/
Luwonga8648/
Liwongi8632/
Liwunga864/
Livonga861/
Liwangga8052/
Libounga801/
Luvonga711,461/
Luwanga711,361/
Libanga711,132/
Lewanga711,110/
Luwongo711,095/
Libongo711,052/
Libongi71706/
Liwange71683/
Libunga71547/
Liwango71399/
Libonge71338/
Livenga7163/
Liwangi7141/
Livanga7138/
Livunga714/
Lebonga712/
Lewongo711/
Libongou6770/
Libongoi671/
Livangay671/
Liowango671/
Lewangga671/
Libangha671/
Lewuanga671/
Lihwango671/

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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 Liwonga
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