Lowake Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Lowake Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lowake Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea191:429,14355,452
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Lowake Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lowake occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lowake? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,957,383rd most commonly occurring last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 76 percent of Lowake live; 76 percent live in Oceania Islands and 76 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

This last name is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 429,143. In Papua New Guinea Lowake is mostly found in: Eastern Highlands, where 89 percent are found and Chimbu, where 11 percent are found. Beside Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 16 percent are found and Kenya, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lowak91524/
Lowack83447/
Loweke83130/
Lowaka8384/
Lawake8339/
Lovake838/
Luwake832/
Lowuak831/
Lowaik831/
Lowaki831/
Lewake831/
Loeweke7722/
Lowakit7719/
Lowacki777/
Lowakij776/
Loubake774/
Loswaki774/
Lowache772/
Lowocke772/
Lowaski771/
Lowecke771/
Lawak73334/
Lowok73289/
Lowag73287/
Lovak7358/
Lowák732/
Liojwike71118/
Loewecke7191/
Lowachee7136/
Lowaková716/
Hlobakhe711/
Hlowacky711/
Leweke67434/
Lawack67290/
Lobakh67268/
Lavake67206/
Hlobak67205/
Levake67173/
Luwaka6780/
Hlovak6772/
Lovack6765/
Lovaka6734/
Lawaka6732/
Lowoka675/
Lawaki675/
Luwaki674/
Lawaak673/
Lewaki673/
Löweke673/
Lahwak672/
Lobakc672/
Lowuok672/
Loveke672/
Loishwaki671/
Lovace671/
Lovike671/
Lobauk671/
Louwok671/
Lowwag671/
Hlowackij671/
Hlowackit671/
Lotvak671/
Laveke670/
Lowock670/

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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 Lowake
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