Luis Forename
25th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 9,757,245 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Colombia
Luis Forename Definition:
A Spanish name, meaning: Form of Louis.
Luis Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 100% | 1,604,182 | 1:30 | 3 |
| Mexico | 100% | 1,593,310 | 1:78 | 4 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 727,158 | 1:42 | 3 |
| Brazil | 100% | 704,760 | 1:304 | 22 |
| Argentina | 100% | 596,911 | 1:72 | 6 |
| Ecuador | - | 589,243 | 1:30 | 3 |
| Peru | 100% | 506,093 | 1:63 | 4 |
| Chile | 100% | 464,760 | 1:38 | 4 |
| Spain | 100% | 394,461 | 1:118 | 11 |
| United States | 100% | 385,414 | 1:941 | 198 |
| Mozambique | - | 279,834 | 1:97 | 8 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 226,797 | 1:71 | 5 |
| Cuba | - | 185,006 | 1:62 | 2 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 167,618 | 1:62 | 5 |
| Portugal | - | 166,439 | 1:63 | 11 |
| Angola | 100% | 154,800 | 1:174 | 23 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 132,986 | 1:80 | 4 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 117,472 | 1:41 | 3 |
| Honduras | 100% | 95,390 | 1:92 | 6 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 78,784 | 1:76 | 4 |
| El Salvador | - | 76,471 | 1:83 | 7 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 70,173 | 1:49 | 5 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 69,921 | 1:103 | 7 |
| Philippines | 99% | 69,282 | 1:1,530 | 316 |
| Panama | 100% | 67,697 | 1:58 | 3 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 59,466 | 1:60 | 9 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 43,700 | 1:40 | 13 |
| East Timor | - | 22,334 | 1:55 | 13 |
| France | 100% | 15,001 | 1:4,431 | 420 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 11,168 | 1:102 | 15 |
| Canada | 100% | 9,008 | 1:3,678 | 640 |
| England | 100% | 5,337 | 1:10,418 | 815 |
| India | 94% | 4,584 | 1:265,026 | 25,533 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 3,920 | 1:2,095 | 409 |
| Germany | 100% | 3,768 | 1:25,658 | 1,037 |
| Poland | 97% | 3,723 | 1:10,214 | 469 |
| Thailand | 100% | 3,645 | 1:19,222 | 2,686 |
| Indonesia | 77% | 3,451 | 1:74,750 | 8,853 |
| Italy | 96% | 2,141 | 1:28,520 | 1,024 |
| Nigeria | 81% | 2,137 | 1:83,090 | 5,001 |
| Belize | 100% | 2,037 | 1:174 | 5 |
| South Africa | 99% | 2,015 | 1:27,063 | 3,397 |
| Sudan | 100% | 1,983 | 1:19,066 | 1,940 |
| Sweden | 100% | 1,855 | 1:5,314 | 581 |
| Tanzania | 99% | 1,830 | 1:28,846 | 2,578 |
| Libya | - | 1,653 | 1:3,764 | 614 |
| Morocco | - | 1,501 | 1:22,884 | 1,335 |
| Australia | - | 1,402 | 1:9,742 | 935 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,266 | 1:13,351 | 1,457 |
| Belgium | 100% | 1,246 | 1:9,222 | 1,030 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1,191 | 1:133,889 | 8,095 |
| Albania | 100% | 1,088 | 1:2,800 | 588 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 1,081 | 1:144 | 11 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1,039 | 1:543 | 131 |
| Cape Verde | - | 846 | 1:625 | 86 |
| Ghana | - | 843 | 1:32,012 | 2,007 |
| Comoros | - | 784 | 1:971 | 176 |
| Romania | 100% | 748 | 1:26,807 | 1,787 |
| DR Congo | 98% | 671 | 1:110,026 | 5,741 |
| Kenya | 95% | 663 | 1:69,845 | 4,238 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 642 | 1:299 | 28 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 525 | 1:58,691 | 6,867 |
| Malaysia | 97% | 520 | 1:58,558 | 4,662 |
| Suriname | 100% | 510 | 1:1,084 | 210 |
| Japan | - | 505 | 1:253,438 | 7,803 |
| Russia | 96% | 481 | 1:299,862 | 3,896 |
| Cameroon | 95% | 472 | 1:45,785 | 3,076 |
| China | - | 446 | 1:3,062,905 | 49,340 |
| Malawi | 100% | 444 | 1:38,541 | 2,809 |
| Gabon | 100% | 441 | 1:4,271 | 886 |
| Norway | 100% | 433 | 1:11,853 | 956 |
| Papua New Guinea | 70% | 414 | 1:19,692 | 1,962 |
| Egypt | 100% | 390 | 1:235,643 | 8,182 |
| Andorra | - | 385 | 1:215 | 39 |
| New Zealand | - | 361 | 1:12,565 | 1,207 |
| Aruba | - | 359 | 1:289 | 16 |
| Austria | 100% | 347 | 1:24,537 | 1,023 |
| Ireland | 100% | 313 | 1:14,836 | 871 |
| Denmark | - | 304 | 1:18,584 | 1,147 |
| Oman | - | 273 | 1:15,050 | 1,470 |
| Guam | - | 188 | 1:854 | 183 |
| Zimbabwe | 96% | 187 | 1:82,480 | 6,296 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 182 | 1:603 | 96 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 174 | 1:41,103 | 3,800 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 171 | 1:320 | 45 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 153 | 1:155,357 | 15,469 |
| Wales | 99% | 150 | 1:20,629 | 1,131 |
| Qatar | 100% | 146 | 1:16,230 | 2,469 |
| Scotland | 100% | 141 | 1:37,946 | 1,360 |
| Namibia | - | 138 | 1:17,422 | 1,666 |
| Bahrain | - | 133 | 1:10,140 | 1,551 |
| Vanuatu | - | 133 | 1:1,968 | 489 |
| Congo | 100% | 128 | 1:39,134 | 3,225 |
| Kuwait | - | 123 | 1:30,775 | 2,974 |
| Uganda | 89% | 110 | 1:372,336 | 9,850 |
| Singapore | 86% | 103 | 1:61,039 | 6,841 |
| Czechia | 99% | 95 | 1:112,170 | 1,208 |
| Iraq | - | 87 | 1:402,504 | 4,983 |
| Liberia | 55% | 85 | 1:51,907 | 2,718 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 79 | 1:776 | 148 |
| South Korea | - | 78 | 1:71,082 | 4,134 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 78 | 1:394,698 | 7,244 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 76 | 1:110,196 | 3,256 |
| Finland | 100% | 75 | 1:73,109 | 2,038 |
| Haiti | 100% | 74 | 1:144,959 | 7,233 |
| Estonia | 100% | 71 | 1:18,526 | 1,627 |
| Hong Kong | - | 62 | 1:125,044 | 2,948 |
| Greece | 100% | 61 | 1:179,255 | 3,836 |
| Iceland | - | 58 | 1:6,311 | 691 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 57 | 1:22,768 | 2,033 |
| Macau | - | 55 | 1:11,058 | 281 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 53 | 1:10,961 | 1,072 |
| French Polynesia | - | 49 | 1:5,671 | 903 |
| Afghanistan | - | 42 | 1:776,750 | 10,713 |
| Belarus | 89% | 40 | 1:237,060 | 1,939 |
| Jamaica | - | 40 | 1:72,081 | 3,530 |
| Hungary | 100% | 39 | 1:251,071 | 1,219 |
| Vietnam | - | 37 | 1:2,503,327 | 3,254 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 35 | 1:38,898 | 3,786 |
| Malta | - | 34 | 1:12,628 | 1,146 |
| Kazakhstan | 58% | 33 | 1:537,783 | 7,660 |
| Gibraltar | - | 32 | 1:1,067 | 230 |
| Bermuda | - | 30 | 1:2,161 | 469 |
| Turkey | 75% | 30 | 1:2,593,390 | 16,208 |
| Jersey | - | 28 | 1:3,571 | 499 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 26 | 1:10,391 | 1,033 |
| Myanmar | - | 25 | 1:2,077,931 | 882 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 23 | 1:303,930 | 6,151 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 22 | 1:434 | 113 |
| Botswana | - | 21 | 1:104,021 | 8,595 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 21 | 1:1,488 | 340 |
| Zambia | - | 20 | 1:792,740 | 14,411 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 18 | 1:5,522 | 1,017 |
| Monaco | 100% | 18 | 1:2,137 | 433 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 17 | 1:567,232 | 10,983 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 16 | 1:2,366 | 345 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 15 | 1:122,876 | 1,568 |
| Guyana | 100% | 15 | 1:50,884 | 4,749 |
| Georgia | 100% | 14 | 1:267,033 | 6,407 |
| Greenland | - | 14 | 1:4,026 | 570 |
| Ukraine | - | 14 | 1:3,249,993 | 6,792 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 12 | 1:1,105 | 185 |
| Croatia | 100% | 11 | 1:383,371 | 4,897 |
| American Samoa | - | 9 | 1:6,205 | 1,322 |
| Chad | - | 9 | 1:1,510,933 | 6,264 |
| Ethiopia | - | 9 | 1:10,840,015 | 14,737 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 9 | 1:1,283,447 | 1,308 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 9 | 1:2,311,010 | 7,931 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| Tunisia | - | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| Jordan | - | 8 | 1:1,103,347 | 5,616 |
| Lebanon | - | 8 | 1:703,446 | 7,424 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 8 | 1:307,345 | 4,581 |
| Dominica | - | 7 | 1:10,782 | 397 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 7 | 1:449 | 81 |
| Iran | - | 7 | 1:11,213,838 | 30,178 |
| Israel | 83% | 7 | 1:1,200,417 | 15,461 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 7 | 1:3,296,562 | 60,611 |
| San Marino | 100% | 7 | 1:4,703 | 424 |
| Senegal | 100% | 7 | 1:2,083,051 | 13,702 |
| Armenia | 67% | 6 | 1:486,459 | 5,701 |
| Benin | - | 6 | 1:1,762,640 | 36,264 |
| Grenada | 100% | 6 | 1:18,021 | 1,808 |
| Micronesia | - | 6 | 1:17,750 | 599 |
| Moldova | 100% | 6 | 1:593,523 | 3,425 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 6 | 1:885,010 | 3,389 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 6 | 1:79,273 | 1,016 |
| Mauritania | - | 5 | 1:819,048 | 12,822 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 5 | 1:10,972 | 1,354 |
| Algeria | - | 4 | 1:9,544,180 | 14,095 |
| Bahamas | - | 4 | 1:99,842 | 1,712 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 4 | 1:4,594,867 | 56,462 |
| Burundi | 100% | 4 | 1:2,476,640 | 1,357 |
| Central African Republic | - | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 698 |
| Eritrea | - | 4 | 1:1,188,244 | 607 |
| Kosovo | - | 4 | 1:465,360 | 11,976 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 4 | 1:44,454 | 3,465 |
| Seychelles | - | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 4 | 1:3,382 | 74 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 3 | 1:16,376 | 1,521 |
| Guinea | 100% | 3 | 1:3,952,882 | 6,312 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 3 | 1:1,991,092 | 30,660 |
| Nepal | - | 3 | 1:9,495,784 | 71,056 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 3 | 1:64,785,893 | 186,184 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 3 | 1:2,105 | 306 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| Bhutan | - | 2 | 1:412,464 | 4,948 |
| Brunei | - | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| Latvia | - | 2 | 1:1,007,822 | 4,547 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Niger | - | 2 | 1:9,591,997 | 55,581 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Vatican City | - | 1 | 1:123 | 15 |
The alternate forms: Luís (142,688), Luìs (94), Luïs (4), Luiş (1), Luîs (1) & Lúís (1) are calculated separately.
Luis (195,165) may also be a surname.
Luis Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Spanish name, meaning: Form of Louis.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Luis Forename Popularity
Luis Demographics
Average Male Luis Height
171.89 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 36,544 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Luis Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Luis in the Russian language | ||
| Луис | luis | - |
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