Lotuw Surname

581,222nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 540 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Lotuw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lotuw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya4781:96,6118,534
Uganda621:629,66632,895

Lotuw (67) may also be a first name.

Lotuw Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lotuw is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lotuw? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 581,222nd most commonly used surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 13,495,455 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lotuw reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Lotuw is also the 1,191,548th most commonly used first name globally, borne by 67 people.

The surname is most common in Kenya, where it is borne by 478 people, or 1 in 96,611. In Kenya it is primarily found in: West Pokot County, where 61 percent live, Baringo County, where 38 percent live and Laikipia County, where 0 percent live. Barring Kenya this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 11 percent live.

Lotuw Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Lotuw surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ltuw891/
Lotow8014/
Lotaw8013/
Lotuf8011/
Lutuw801/
Litouw7334/
Lotuff7334/
Lotufe7328/
Loudow7312/
Laotaw735/
Litauw732/
Latuwe732/
Lotouf731/
Laotew731/
Lietuw730/
Loetow730/
Laotaew6742/
Ltaw6710/
Laoteaw676/
Liwotow674/
Ldow672/
Littouw672/
Lothufe671/
Leoteaw671/
Lduw671/
Laotoaw671/

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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 Lotuw
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