Litua Surname

1,185,157th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 200 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Litua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Litua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1711:432,04435,878
Philippines201:5,061,911170,869
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Litua (101) may also be a first name.

Litua Last Name Facts

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

The surname Litua (Hindi: लितुआ, Oriya: ଲିଟୁଆ, Russian: Литуа) is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or 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 Litua? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,185,157th most widely held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 36,437,730 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Litua are found; 86 percent are found in Central Africa and 86 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Litua is also the 940,641st most widely held first name world-wide, held by 101 people.

This last name is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 171 people, or 1 in 432,044. Barring The DR Congo it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 10 percent live and Tanzania, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Loitua9124/
Laitua9123/
Littua912/
Lidtua911/
Leitua911/
Lidtuas8327/
Laituay831/
Litwa801,267/
Lutua80237/
Letua8074/
Lidua8051/
Lytua801/
Litwat73477/
Listwa7325/
Letuaa739/
Lethua739/
Liduas732/
Liudva732/
Leatua732/
Litwai732/
Lithwa731/
Letuat731/
Luutua731/
Litwea731/
Litwas731/
Lutuah731/
Litway731/
Laidua731/
Lithway6725/
Lidueða674/
Lutuayi671/

Litua Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Litua in the Hindi language
लितुआlitu'a-
Litua in the Oriya language
ଲିଟୁଆlitu'a97.67
ଲୁଟୁଆlutu'a2.33
Litua in the Russian language
Литуаlitua-

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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 Litua
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