Leuwa Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Leuwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 61 | 1:340,477 | 30,746 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Leuwa (14) may also be a first name.
Leuwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Leuwa is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Leuwa? popularity and diffusion
Leuwa is the 2,007,164th most prevalent last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. The surname Leuwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 71 percent of Leuwa are found; 70 percent are found in Central Africa and 70 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Leuwa is also the 3,024,661st most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 14 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 61 people, or 1 in 340,477. In Cameroon Leuwa is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 52 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 41 percent reside and West Region, where 7 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent reside and Indonesia, where 8 percent reside.
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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
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- 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 Leuwa
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