Lwelu Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Lwelu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Lwelu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lwelu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lwelu is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Lwelu.
How Common Is The Last Name Lwelu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,587,209th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name Lwelu occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Lwelu reside; 83 percent reside in East Africa and 83 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Lwelu is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 5,294,161. In Tanzania Lwelu is most frequent in: Iringa Region, where 90 percent live and Ruvuma Region, where 10 percent live. Excluding Tanzania it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 8 percent live and England, where 8 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 Lwelu
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