Liuw Surname
Approximately 514 people bear this surname
Liuw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 502 | 1:263,445 | 23,866 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Liuw (22) may also be a first name.
Liuw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Liuw Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Liuw occurs most in Indonesia. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Liuw? popularity and diffusion
It is the 603,653rd most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 14,178,105 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 81 percent of Liuw are found; 80 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 80 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Liuw is also the 2,301,746th most frequently held first name on earth. It is borne by 22 people.
The last name is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is carried by 502 people, or 1 in 263,445. In Indonesia it is most prevalent in: North Sulawesi, where 76 percent live, Papua, where 19 percent live and South Sulawesi, where 3 percent live. Other than Indonesia this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 1 percent live and Malaysia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liauw | 89 | 1,534 | / |
| Liuwe | 89 | 3 | / |
| Luw | 86 | 44 | / |
| Louw | 75 | 84,096 | / |
| Luwe | 75 | 4,343 | / |
| Lauw | 75 | 2,264 | / |
| Leuw | 75 | 208 | / |
| Lyuw | 75 | 76 | / |
| Liub | 75 | 5 | / |
| Luww | 75 | 2 | / |
| Lguw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Luiw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Luuw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Luhw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Louwe | 67 | 454 | / |
| Leuwe | 67 | 206 | / |
| Lauwe | 67 | 48 | / |
| Luhwe | 67 | 14 | / |
| Luuwe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lauws | 67 | 4 | / |
| Llauw | 67 | 2 | / |
| Liuft | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lauwf | 67 | 2 | / |
| Liutf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Louww | 67 | 1 | / |
| Louwt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luywe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lhauw | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Liuw
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