Lwesya Surname
Approximately 4,122 people bear this surname
Lwesya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 3,415 | 1:15,503 | 2,012 |
| Malawi | 706 | 1:24,248 | 3,692 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Lwesya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lwesya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lwesya occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lwesya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 112,412th most numerous last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,767,964 people. The last name Lwesya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lwesya live; 83 percent live in East Africa and 83 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 3,415 people, or 1 in 15,503. In Tanzania Lwesya is most frequent in: Mbeya Region, where 47 percent are found, Songwe Region, where 33 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 17 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Lwesya
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