Lwabe Surname
Approximately 628 people bear this surname
Lwabe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 582 | 1:90,965 | 9,129 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| South Africa | 19 | 1:2,851,458 | 109,033 |
Lwabe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lwabe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lwabe is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Lwabe.
How Common Is The Last Name Lwabe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 518,760th most common surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,604,372 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lwabe are found; 93 percent are found in East Africa and 93 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Lwabe is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 582 people, or 1 in 90,965. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Dodoma Region, where 99 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent live and Iringa Region, where 0 percent live. Aside from Tanzania Lwabe exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 4 percent live and South Africa, where 3 percent live.
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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 Lwabe
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