Lwekamwa Surname
Approximately 295 people bear this surname
Lwekamwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 293 | 1:180,688 | 15,725 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Lwekamwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lwekamwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lwekamwa is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lwekamwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 904,049th most common surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 24,703,545 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Lwekamwa live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Lwekamwa is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 293 people, or 1 in 180,688. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Kagera Region, where 48 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 47 percent live and Dodoma Region, where 1 percent live. Outside of Tanzania Lwekamwa occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, 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 Lwekamwa
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