Liwas Surname

767,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 371 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Liwas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Liwas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines3251:311,50243,689
Malaysia201:1,474,71161,770
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
Poland51:7,601,750167,855
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080

Liwas (61) may also be a first name.

Liwas Last Name Facts

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

Liwas occurs in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Liwas.

How Common Is The Last Name Liwas? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 767,694th most numerous last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 19,642,981 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Liwas reside; 95 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 74 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. Liwas is also the 1,257,960th most commonly used forename on earth, borne by 61 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in The Philippines, where it is carried by 325 people, or 1 in 311,502. In The Philippines Liwas is primarily found in: Cordillera Administrative Region, where 26 percent live, Zamboanga Peninsula, where 23 percent live and Mimaropa, where 16 percent live. Outside of The Philippines this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 5 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leiwas911/
Liwase911/
Liswas911/
Lishwas831/
Loiswas831/
Livas802,166/
Libas801,115/
Luwas80178/
Lewas8035/
Liwaj8031/
Liwaz8022/
Lywas801/
Leivas733,599/
Liwosz73231/
Liwacz73159/
Leibas73123/
Liovas7367/
Liwose7349/
Libazs7318/
Lewasz7312/
Livase7310/
Loivas739/
Lewase736/
Libaas735/
Livais735/
Libash735/
Liweis732/
Livash732/
Libais732/
Laibas732/
Laivas732/
Liwarz731/
Liwach731/
Libasz731/
Liwosc731/
Luwais731/
Libass731/
Libaus731/
Liwaaz731/
Lievas731/
Libhas731/
Llivas731/
Loibas731/
Livhas731/
Livast730/
Lewash730/
Loibash67258/
Llihuas6714/
Leibasz6712/
Laivase677/
Livatse672/
Lewasch671/
Liwhoss671/
Liwache671/
Leivais670/
Loywash670/
Llewast670/

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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 Liwas
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