Lilwa Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Guyana

Lilwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lilwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Lilwa (103) may also be a first name.

Lilwa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lilwa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Lilwa occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lilwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lilwa is the 4,772,636th most commonly held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 41 percent of Lilwa live; 24 percent live in Central Africa and 24 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 930,172nd most widespread given name in the world, held by 103 people.

It is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 18,469,892. Beside The DR Congo Lilwa exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 24 percent live and India, where 12 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lailwa9127/
Lilwah918/
Lilwai918/
Leilwa912/
Lilwad911/
Lillwai8320/
Lelwa80112/
Lilua8065/
Lilba802/
Lelwai737/
Liluas735/
Lilbai734/
Lillua733/
Liliua732/
Luelwa731/
Hlelwa731/

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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 Lilwa
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