Lweya Surname
Approximately 1,884 people bear this surname
Lweya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,516 | 1:11,292 | 1,733 |
| DR Congo | 164 | 1:450,485 | 36,956 |
| Zambia | 138 | 1:114,855 | 8,864 |
| Kenya | 57 | 1:810,174 | 31,920 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Lweya (58) may also be a first name.
Lweya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lweya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lweya is found in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Lweya.
How Common Is The Last Name Lweya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 217,601st most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 3,868,124 people. The surname Lweya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lweya live; 88 percent live in Southern Africa and 88 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Lweya is also the 1,295,729th most commonly occurring given name world-wide, held by 58 people.
It is most widely held in Malawi, where it is borne by 1,516 people, or 1 in 11,292. Aside from Malawi it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 9 percent are found and Zambia, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lwe'ya | 91 | 4 | / |
| Lweeya | 91 | 2 | / |
| Lwey | 89 | 6 | / |
| Lwea | 89 | 1 | / |
| Lueya | 80 | 452 | / |
| Lweyo | 80 | 272 | / |
| Lweja | 80 | 224 | / |
| Lwaya | 80 | 158 | / |
| Lwiya | 80 | 21 | / |
| Lőwey | 80 | 15 | / |
| Lwoya | 80 | 8 | / |
| Lweye | 80 | 2 | / |
| Lweyi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hlwaya | 73 | 54 | / |
| Lueyat | 73 | 6 | / |
| Lwaaya | 73 | 3 | / |
| Lwauya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Luey | 67 | 876 | / |
| Lwai | 67 | 147 | / |
| Lwei | 67 | 83 | / |
| Luea | 67 | 76 | / |
| Lway | 67 | 74 | / |
| Lweu | 67 | 42 | / |
| Lwaj | 67 | 27 | / |
| Lwayaya | 67 | 15 | / |
| Lvey | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lwoy | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lbey | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lwaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lwoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lbea | 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 Lweya
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