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 occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Louwes? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name is the 482,070^th most frequently held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 10,546,376 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Louwes reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,487,849^th most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 11 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 656 people, or 1 in 25,743. In The Netherlands Louwes is mostly concentrated in: Groningen, where 23 percent live, Drenthe, where 21 percent live and Friesland, where 12 percent live. Other than The Netherlands this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 1 percent live and Switzerland, where 1 percent live.

Louwes Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Louwes has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Louwes last name grew 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.