Lwashi Surname

512,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 637 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Lwashi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lwashi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo6361:116,16312,690
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Lwashi (27) may also be a first name.

Lwashi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lwashi Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Lwashi is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lwashi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 512,799th most frequently held family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,440,417 people. The last name Lwashi is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lwashi reside; 100 percent reside in Central Africa and 100 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 27 people.

The surname is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 636 people, or 1 in 116,163. Barring The DR Congo Lwashi exists in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lwatshi9236/
Lwasi91145/
Luashi83260/
Lwasha83164/
Lwaysi8313/
Lweshi836/
Lwaasi834/
Lwaisha7789/
Luatshi7734/
Hlwaisi777/
Lwahasi774/
Lwatchi772/
Luhashi772/
Lwaichi771/
Lwasa733,082/
Lwosi73106/
Luasi7385/
Lwase7327/
Lwassa67220/
Luasha6784/
Lwaasa6751/
Luoshi6724/
Lbassi677/
Lweisi675/
Lwaysa671/
Luachi671/
Lwausa671/
Lwaisa671/
Lwaase671/
Luasih671/
Lwasey670/

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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
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  • 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 Lwashi
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