Louwes Surname

482,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 691 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Louwes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Louwes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands6561:25,7434,197
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

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

The surname Louwes occurs most in The Netherlands. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Louwes? popularity and diffusion

The surname Louwes is the 482,070th most commonly used last name on earth, held by around 1 in 10,546,376 people. It occurs predominantly 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 held given name globally, borne by 11 people.

The last name is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 656 people, or 1 in 25,743. In The Netherlands Louwes is most prevalent in: Groningen, where 23 percent are found, Drenthe, where 21 percent are found and Friesland, where 12 percent are found. Aside from The Netherlands Louwes occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 1 percent are found and Switzerland, where 1 percent are found.

Louwes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Louwes has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Louwes last name expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Louwies92243/
Lowes917,849/
Luwes91531/
Louwesse862/
Lowies83427/
Loubes83315/
Laoues83266/
Louves83114/
Lohues83102/
Lowess8317/
Loewes8310/
Looues835/
Luwies834/
Louwis834/
Luwese834/
Lowees832/
Lowese832/
Lauwes832/
Loweds831/
Luoues831/
Loowes830/
Luiwes830/
Loweis830/
Lahoues771,937/
Lohoues77878/
Lloubes7778/
Louvest7710/
Lowetse773/
Lowesth771/
Lhaoues771/
Logiues771/
Louwise771/
Luweshe771/
Louveis771/
Lauweis771/
Luweiss770/
Loubess770/
Lawes736,296/
Lowis732,228/
Luwis731,200/
Loves731,195/
Lobes73694/
Lubes73243/
Lowys7374/
Luwej7334/
Luves732/
Luwez732/
Lowex731/
Lüwes731/
Lohouess7129/
Lowiesch7128/
L'Haoues711/
Lahaoues711/
Lhaouess711/
Lehaoues711/
Louhoues711/
Loveys67536/
Lloves67325/
Liewes67265/
Lovets67201/
Lowijs67146/
Louvis67136/
Lowisz67106/
Lauwis6775/
Leewes6772/
Lowish6767/
Llubes6763/
Lowetz6754/
Lovese6750/
Lovest6748/
Luwish6742/
Loveis6739/
Leiwes6730/
Lauves6729/
Lowiss6726/
Lovess6719/
Lawese6719/
Lovies6718/
Loobes6716/
Lawess6715/
Luwise6714/
Loeuis6713/
Louvez6713/
Lovesh679/
Luwijs678/
Lobess676/
Loewis676/
Lohouesse675/
Lubejs675/
Lowise674/
Loveas673/
Lobesz672/
Liweis672/
Lhawes672/
Luvies672/
Lawees672/
Luwhys672/
Luouis672/
Luwiss672/
Lovesz672/
Loveus672/
Luives672/
Luvees671/
Lovees671/
Lowiez671/
Liouez671/
Leuwis671/
Lahues671/
Laubes671/
Lawies671/
Loways671/
Luwois671/
Laouez671/
Lahouesse671/
Luwais671/
Luwisz671/
Loeves671/
Lobeis671/
Luvese671/
Louvés671/
Loubis671/
Loubès671/
Love's671/
Lowysz671/
Leubes671/
Lojuis671/
Liuves671/
Loowis670/
Luibes670/
Lowice670/
Loouis670/
Lowerz670/

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Louwes
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