Lemwai Surname
Approximately 121 people bear this surname
Lemwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 117 | 1:452,492 | 31,593 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
Lemwai (11) may also be a first name.
Lemwai Demographics
Lemwai Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Lemwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lemwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lemwai occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lemwai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lemwai is the 1,649,806th most widespread surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 60,227,652 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lemwai reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently held forename in the world, held by 11 people.
The last name Lemwai is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 117 people, or 1 in 452,492. In Tanzania Lemwai is primarily concentrated in: Dodoma Region, where 91 percent live, Morogoro Region, where 8 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent live. Beside Tanzania this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 3 percent live.
Lemwai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lemwayi | 92 | 111 | / |
| Lemwa | 91 | 74 | / |
| Lemwi | 91 | 4 | / |
| Lomwai | 83 | 670 | / |
| Lemway | 83 | 274 | / |
| Lamwai | 83 | 151 | / |
| Lembai | 83 | 46 | / |
| Lemwas | 83 | 24 | / |
| Lemnwi | 83 | 21 | / |
| Lemwie | 83 | 18 | / |
| Lenwai | 83 | 15 | / |
| Loemwi | 83 | 4 | / |
| Lemwua | 83 | 3 | / |
| Lemwih | 83 | 1 | / |
| Leemwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lembaji | 77 | 89 | / |
| Lemnwui | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lembayi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lemnwei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lemwawe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Leamwat | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lemba | 73 | 25,809 | / |
| Lembi | 73 | 4,944 | / |
| Lamwa | 73 | 494 | / |
| Lomwa | 73 | 308 | / |
| Lemwe | 73 | 186 | / |
| Lemui | 73 | 145 | / |
| Limwa | 73 | 51 | / |
| Lemvi | 73 | 28 | / |
| Lenwi | 73 | 28 | / |
| Lenwa | 73 | 26 | / |
| Lemua | 73 | 14 | / |
| Lamwi | 73 | 2 | / |
| Limwi | 73 | 2 | / |
| Lemva | 73 | 1 | / |
| Limbai | 67 | 522 | / |
| Limwei | 67 | 315 | / |
| Hlemba | 67 | 279 | / |
| Lembei | 67 | 278 | / |
| Lenway | 67 | 164 | / |
| Lemnui | 67 | 98 | / |
| Leamba | 67 | 24 | / |
| Leimui | 67 | 21 | / |
| Lenwii | 67 | 20 | / |
| Lembau | 67 | 13 | / |
| Limwas | 67 | 13 | / |
| Lemboi | 67 | 7 | / |
| Leimba | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lenwis | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lembea | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lembui | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lembhi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Liamwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lembay | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lhemba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Limway | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lenmba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Limnwi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lenwah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lamwie | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lemuid | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lemvie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hlenwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lomwei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Limwaï | 67 | 1 | / |
| Limwah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lamwoi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lemuie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lesmui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lembha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lemuis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lehmba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lemuea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lembaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leemba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lenwie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lemvay | 67 | 0 | / |
| Lemwey | 67 | 0 | / |
| Lomway | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Lemwai
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