Lweyo Surname
Approximately 272 people bear this surname
Lweyo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 264 | 1:200,536 | 17,113 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Lweyo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lweyo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lweyo is most common in Tanzania. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lweyo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 959,117th most widely held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 26,792,448 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lweyo live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 264 people, or 1 in 200,536. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Simiyu Region, where 97 percent are found, Mwanza Region, where 2 percent are found and Mara Region, where 0 percent are found. Beside Tanzania this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 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 Lweyo
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