Louws Surname

490,615th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 675 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Louws Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Louws Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands5701:29,6274,887
Canada401:921,14070,350
United States231:15,759,084542,937
Australia151:1,799,71385,184
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
France41:16,605,680368,153
England11:55,718,059489,080
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Louws Last Name Facts

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

The surname Louws is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of Louws click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Louws? popularity and diffusion

The surname Louws is the 490,615th most numerous surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,796,364 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 85 percent of Louws live; 85 percent live in Western Europe and 84 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 570 people, or 1 in 29,627. In The Netherlands Louws is primarily found in: Zeeland, where 58 percent live, North Brabant, where 14 percent live and South Holland, where 14 percent live. Excluding The Netherlands this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 6 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.

Louws Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Louws earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 22.19% less than the national average, earning R 184,908 per year; in United States they earn 8.17% less than the national average, earning $39,625 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.26% more than the national average, earning $55,772 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lows89133/
Loews8020/
Loufs8019/
Lauws804/
Lowse803/
Lyows802/
Lowhs801/
Loubs801/
Loows801/
Lowsch730/
Luiwes730/
Laws6729,539/
Lubs67474/
Lobs67190/
Lovs6714/
Lowz677/
Lofs675/
Luvs675/
Lufs672/
Lowx672/

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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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  • 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 Louws
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