Louwes Surname
Approximately 691 people bear this surname
Louwes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 656 | 1:25,743 | 4,197 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Louwes (11) may also be a first name.
Louwes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Louwes Come From? nationality or country of origin
Louwes occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Louwes? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 482,070th most numerous family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,546,376 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Louwes live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe. Louwes is also the 3,487,849th most commonly occurring given name world-wide. It is borne by 11 people.
The surname is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 656 people, or 1 in 25,743. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: Groningen, where 23 percent reside, Drenthe, where 21 percent reside and Friesland, where 12 percent reside. Not including The Netherlands Louwes occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 1 percent reside and Switzerland, where 1 percent reside.
Louwes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Louwes has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Louwes surname grew 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Louwes
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