Luweyi Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Luweyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Luweyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Luweyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Luweyi is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Luweyi.
How Common Is The Last Name Luweyi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Luweyi is the 7,593,402nd most widely held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname Luweyi occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Luweyi are found; 83 percent are found in East Africa and 83 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most common in Uganda, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 7,807,856. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Wakiso District, where 40 percent reside, Buikwe District, where 20 percent reside and Kampala District, where 20 percent reside. Outside of Uganda this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Zambia, where 17 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
- 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 Luweyi
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