Lwayo Surname
Approximately 860 people bear this surname
Lwayo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 549 | 1:96,433 | 9,586 |
| DR Congo | 178 | 1:415,054 | 34,837 |
| Kenya | 101 | 1:457,227 | 24,042 |
| Uganda | 25 | 1:1,561,571 | 56,175 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
Lwayo (206) may also be a first name.
Lwayo Demographics
Lwayo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Lwayo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lwayo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lwayo has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lwayo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 406,994th most frequently used family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 8,473,891 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lwayo live; 78 percent live in East Africa and 78 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Lwayo is also the 630,600th most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 206 people.
The surname Lwayo is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 549 people, or 1 in 96,433. In Tanzania Lwayo is most frequent in: Dodoma Region, where 39 percent are found, Ruvuma Region, where 34 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 14 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 21 percent are found and Kenya, where 12 percent are found.
Lwayo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Muslim (50%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hlwayo | 91 | 7 | / |
| Lway | 89 | 74 | / |
| Lweyo | 80 | 272 | / |
| Lwaya | 80 | 158 | / |
| Lwayi | 80 | 82 | / |
| Lwajo | 80 | 53 | / |
| Lwayu | 80 | 45 | / |
| Luayo | 80 | 4 | / |
| Lwaye | 80 | 2 | / |
| Hlway | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hlwayi | 73 | 199 | / |
| Hlwaya | 73 | 54 | / |
| Lwaaya | 73 | 3 | / |
| Luayos | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lwauya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Luay | 67 | 1,655 | / |
| Lwai | 67 | 147 | / |
| Lvay | 67 | 65 | / |
| Lwaj | 67 | 27 | / |
| Lwayaya | 67 | 15 | / |
| Lbay | 67 | 6 | / |
| Lwey | 67 | 6 | / |
| Lwoy | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lwoj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lwoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lwaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lwoi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lwea | 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 Lwayo
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