Thewe Surname
Approximately 374 people bear this surname
Thewe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 366 | 1:46,774 | 6,615 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Thewe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thewe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Thewe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻈﻮ) is held by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Thewe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 763,307th most frequently used surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 19,485,417 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Thewe live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most numerous in Malawi, where it is held by 366 people, or 1 in 46,774. Aside from Malawi Thewe is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Taiwan, where 1 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Thewe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Thewe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻈﻮ | alzw | - |
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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 Thewe
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