Loway Surname
Approximately 1,177 people bear this surname
Loway Surname Definition:
Which is still found, and the obsolete Gillowye, and Mac Gillowye, were perhaps the ‘Descendants of Luigh or Lewey'. The name Lughaidh was Anglicised Loway in Ireland.
Loway Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 397 | 1:186,095 | 18,831 |
| Indonesia | 382 | 1:346,202 | 29,976 |
| Philippines | 272 | 1:372,199 | 49,028 |
| Liberia | 118 | 1:37,360 | 3,460 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
Loway (67) may also be a first name.
Loway Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Which is still found, and the obsolete Gillowye, and Mac Gillowye, were perhaps the ‘Descendants of Luigh or Lewey'. The name Lughaidh was Anglicised Loway in Ireland.
Loway Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Loway Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Loway is most common in The DR Congo. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Loway? popularity and diffusion
The last name Loway is the 318,071st most common surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 6,191,628 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 56 percent of Loway live; 56 percent live in Southeast Asia and 34 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,191,548th most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 67 people.
The surname Loway is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 397 people, or 1 in 186,095. Aside from The DR Congo Loway exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 32 percent reside and The Philippines, where 23 percent reside.
Loway Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Loway has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Loway last name fell 77 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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Footnotes
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