Lonwe Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Lonwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Lonwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lonwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lonwe is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lonwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lonwe is the 6,723,624th most prevalent family name in the world, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lonwe live; 88 percent live in Central Africa and 88 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Lonwe is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 2,967,010. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 71 percent live and West Region, where 29 percent live. Excluding Cameroon it exists in one country. It is also common in Malawi, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lonwet | 91 | 4 | / |
| Lonw | 89 | 10 | / |
| Lanwe | 80 | 239 | / |
| Lomwe | 80 | 78 | / |
| Lonwa | 80 | 45 | / |
| Lonbe | 80 | 5 | / |
| Lonue | 80 | 2 | / |
| Lunwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lonve | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lanwei | 73 | 49 | / |
| Lanwes | 73 | 21 | / |
| Lomnue | 73 | 10 | / |
| Lumnwe | 73 | 10 | / |
| Lanweh | 73 | 6 | / |
| Lomwet | 73 | 4 | / |
| Lanwie | 73 | 2 | / |
| Lonvie | 73 | 2 | / |
| Lonway | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lomwei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hlonwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lanwey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lyomwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Loumwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lomweh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lonwui | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lonvea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lunwei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lonbhe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lonmbe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lonbey | 73 | 0 | / |
| Laanwe | 73 | 0 | / |
| Lanwehr | 67 | 246 | / |
| Lianwei | 67 | 9 | / |
| Loonwii | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lanw | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lõwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lumnwei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lunwoue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lounbei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lonhway | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Lonwe
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