Lwagi Surname
Approximately 160 people bear this surname
Lwagi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 159 | 1:332,966 | 24,953 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Lwagi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lwagi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lwagi is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lwagi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,374,607th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 45,547,162 people. The last name Lwagi occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lwagi reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Lwagi is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 159 people, or 1 in 332,966. In Tanzania Lwagi is most frequent in: Morogoro Region, where 47 percent live, Iringa Region, where 45 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 3 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hlwangi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lwaji | 80 | 1,101 | / |
| Lwazi | 80 | 905 | / |
| Lwaga | 80 | 813 | / |
| Lwasi | 80 | 145 | / |
| Lwage | 80 | 22 | / |
| Luagi | 80 | 10 | / |
| Lwegi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lwanggai | 77 | 12 | / |
| Lwazie | 73 | 105 | / |
| Luangi | 73 | 73 | / |
| Lwaysi | 73 | 13 | / |
| Lwazzi | 73 | 8 | / |
| Lwaiga | 73 | 6 | / |
| Luagie | 73 | 6 | / |
| Luagui | 73 | 4 | / |
| Lwaasi | 73 | 4 | / |
| Lwaazi | 73 | 2 | / |
| Lwagga | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lwagye | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lwauga | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lwongi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lwajid | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lbaghi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lwajih | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lwagha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Luangai | 67 | 59 | / |
| Lwagaya | 67 | 9 | / |
| Hlwaisi | 67 | 7 | / |
| Lwahasi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lwanghy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Louhagi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lwajish | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Lwagi
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