Louwa Surname
Approximately 406 people bear this surname
Louwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 204 | 1:226,372 | 15,911 |
| Benin | 68 | 1:151,994 | 15,721 |
| Congo | 57 | 1:87,528 | 7,379 |
| Niger | 33 | 1:581,576 | 14,627 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Uganda | 16 | 1:2,439,955 | 72,451 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Louwa (115) may also be a first name.
Louwa Demographics
Louwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Louwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Louwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Louwa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻮ) is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Louwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 718,674th most commonly used surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 17,949,620 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Louwa are found; 54 percent are found in East Africa and 54 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Louwa is also the 873,022nd most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 115 people.
The surname Louwa is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 204 people, or 1 in 226,372. In Kenya Louwa is primarily concentrated in: Turkana County, where 99 percent are found, Laikipia County, where 0 percent are found and Samburu County, where 0 percent are found. Apart from Kenya this last name is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 17 percent are found and The Congo, where 14 percent are found.
Louwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Louwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Louwa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﻮ | lw | - |
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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 Louwa
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