lo Wei Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

lo Wei Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

lo Wei Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia91:3,277,136121,952
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

lo Wei (89) may also be a first name.

lo Wei Last Name Facts

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

lo Wei is found in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of lo Wei.

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

It is the 5,812,366th most numerous last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 91 percent of lo Wei reside; 82 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 82 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. lo Wei is also the 1,011,231st most frequently used first name on earth. It is borne by 89 people.

It is most commonly held in Malaysia, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 3,277,136. In Malaysia lo Wei is most prevalent in: Sabah, where 67 percent reside, Malacca, where 11 percent reside and Penang, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account Malaysia this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Hong Kong, where 9 percent reside and The United States, where 9 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
lo We913/
lo Wai8394/
lo Wee832/
lo Wui831/
lo Ve733/
lo Be731/
La Wi731/
lo Voi67389/
lo Vui6729/
lo Bee675/
lo Hui673/
lo Bai671/
lo Way671/
lo Hue671/
La Wai671/
La Wee671/
lo Wah671/
lo Boi671/

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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 Wei
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