Luweya Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Luweya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 33 | 1:480,301 | 21,871 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Luweya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Luweya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Luweya is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Luweya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,944,094th most commonly used family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. The surname Luweya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Luweya live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 480,301. In Zambia Luweya is primarily concentrated in: Western Province, where 100 percent are found. Besides Zambia this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 20 percent are found and Indonesia, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Luweya
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