Vew Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Vew Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 51 | 1:80,291 | 5,266 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Vew (18) may also be a first name.
Vew Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vew Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vew (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﻮ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vew? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,394,033rd most prevalent family name internationally, held by around 1 in 113,867,905 people. The surname Vew is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Vew reside; 80 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 18 people.
The last name is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is carried by 51 people, or 1 in 80,291. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 33 percent reside, Tagant Region, where 25 percent reside and Assaba Region, where 22 percent reside. Excluding Mauritania this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 8 percent reside and Morocco, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vew Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vew in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﻮ | fw | - |
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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 Vew
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