Lweiss Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Lweiss Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Lweiss Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lweiss Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lweiss (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻮﻳﺲ) is found most in Mauritania. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Lweiss.
How Common Is The Last Name Lweiss? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lweiss is the 8,968,613th most widely held last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Lweiss live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 2,047,432. In Mauritania Lweiss is most frequent in: Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 50 percent are found and Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 50 percent are found. Barring Mauritania it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 25 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 25 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lweis | 91 | 68 | / |
| Lwiss | 91 | 2 | / |
| Lhweisse | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lwesse | 83 | 3 | / |
| Lwisse | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lwei | 80 | 83 | / |
| Lwis | 80 | 17 | / |
| Lwes | 80 | 15 | / |
| Lwese | 73 | 169 | / |
| Lweji | 73 | 62 | / |
| Luiss | 73 | 39 | / |
| Lwise | 73 | 22 | / |
| Lwios | 73 | 7 | / |
| Luess | 73 | 2 | / |
| L'Wei | 73 | 2 | / |
| Lwies | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lwees | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lweii | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lweyi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lwish | 73 | 0 | / |
| Lweus | 73 | 0 | / |
| Luesse | 67 | 180 | / |
| Lwi | 67 | 174 | / |
| Lwe | 67 | 46 | / |
| Lwishe | 67 | 41 | / |
| Lweese | 67 | 9 | / |
| Luisse | 67 | 9 | / |
| Louess | 67 | 6 | / |
| L'West | 67 | 2 | / |
| Llvess | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lweitt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lweesh | 67 | 1 | / |
Lweiss Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lweiss in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﻮﻳﺲ | lwys | - |
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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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- 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 Lweiss
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