Lorwon Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Lorwon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Lorwon 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
Liberia151:293,90216,977
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Lorwon Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lorwon occurs in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lorwon? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,908,606th most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lorwon live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.

It is most frequently held in Liberia, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 293,902. In Liberia it is primarily concentrated in: Nimba County, where 100 percent live. Not including Liberia this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 6 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
Lorwong9231/
Lorwwong861/
Larwon836/
Lerwon832/
Lorwan831/
Lorbon831/
Hlourwong801/
Lorboon777/
Lorwane776/
Larwong772/
Lourwane713/
Lorwasin711/
Lurwan671,343/
Lorvão6769/
Lorban6732/
Larwan6730/
Lorvan6711/
Larwun674/
Larvon672/
Lerwoń671/
Lervon671/
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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 Lorwon
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