Lwae Surname
Approximately 298 people bear this surname
Lwae Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 290 | 1:182,557 | 15,833 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Lwae Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lwae Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lwae is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lwae? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 897,852nd most widespread surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 24,454,852 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lwae reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 290 people, or 1 in 182,557. In Tanzania Lwae is most common in: Dodoma Region, where 95 percent live, Tanga Region, where 3 percent live and Mwanza Region, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania Lwae is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 1 percent live and Uganda, where 1 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 Lwae
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