lo Wai Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hong Kong
Highest density in:
Hong Kong

lo Wai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

lo Wai Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hong Kong701:104,7931,905
Malaysia151:1,966,28278,777
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372

lo Wai (66) may also be a first name.

lo Wai Last Name Facts

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

The surname lo Wai occurs more in Hong Kong more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name lo Wai? popularity and diffusion

lo Wai is the 1,918,812th most commonly held family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 77,527,084 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 90 percent of lo Wai live; 74 percent live in East Asia and 74 percent live in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 1,201,840th most common given name world-wide It is held by 66 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Hong Kong, where it is borne by 70 people, or 1 in 104,793. Besides Hong Kong this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 16 percent are found and The United States, where 6 percent are found.

lo Wai Last Name Statistics demography

lo Wai earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.81% less than the national average, earning $41,938 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
lo Wei8311/
lo Wah831/
lo Wui831/
La Wai831/
lo Way831/
lo Bai831/
lo We733/
La Wi731/
lo Voi67389/
lo Vui6729/
lo Hui673/
lo Wee672/
lo Boi671/
lo Hua671/
lo Bau671/

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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 lo Wai
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