Lopwa Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Lopwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Lopwa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114

Lopwa Last Name Facts

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

Lopwa occurs most in Kenya. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Lopwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Lopwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,360,413th most numerous surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Lopwa is mostly found in Africa, where 78 percent of Lopwa live; 78 percent live in East Africa and 44 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Lopwa is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 9,235,980. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Laikipia County, where 80 percent live and Baringo County, where 20 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 22 percent live and Uganda, where 22 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lompwa91183/
Lopua801,300/
Lobwa80144/
Lovwa8025/
Lapwa8024/
Lepwa801/
Lopwe801/
Lopuha73780/
Lompua734/
Loupwe734/
Lopwez732/
Lobway731/
Hlopwe731/
Liapwa731/
Lompwe731/
Lapwai731/
Lovway731/
Lapway730/
Lopuhaa6739/
Lobwaya674/
Lopuhoa674/
Lopwith670/
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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 Lopwa
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