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
The surname Lwae occurs most in Tanzania. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lwae? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lwae is the 897,852nd most prevalent surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 24,454,852 people. This last name occurs mostly 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 frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 290 people, or 1 in 182,557. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Dodoma Region, where 95 percent live, Tanga Region, where 3 percent live and Mwanza Region, where 1 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this surname occurs 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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