Lowu Surname

917,199th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 289 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Lowu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lowu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1911:692,40453,816
Uganda561:697,13035,026
South Africa201:2,708,885106,094
Nigeria91:19,682,529291,344
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Lowu (54) may also be a first name.

Lowu Last Name Facts

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

Lowu is found in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lowu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 917,199th most numerous last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 25,216,422 people. The last name Lowu occurs mostly in Asia, where 66 percent of Lowu live; 66 percent live in Southeast Asia and 66 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,350,955th most commonly held forename worldwide It is held by 54 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 191 people, or 1 in 692,404. In Indonesia Lowu is primarily concentrated in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 88 percent live and Central Sulawesi, where 12 percent live. Aside from Indonesia this last name exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 19 percent live and South Africa, where 7 percent live.

Lowu Last Name Statistics demography

Lowu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 87.83% less than the national average, earning R 28,920 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Luowu89236/
Lowou8954/
Lowuh892/
Loewu891/
Lowhui801/
Lowout801/
Lawu754,952/
Lewu752,391/
Luwu75712/
Lobu75599/
Lovu75261/
Lowhuis730/
Labou672,099/
Liuwu67782/
Luwau67348/
Lobou67171/
Lobeu67134/
Lawau6784/
Lawou6784/
Lovou6759/
Lovus6750/
Loveu6750/
Lobhu6749/
Lobui6749/
Lawuy6743/
Lavou6734/
Lobau6730/
Luobu6716/
Lewau6715/
Leewu6714/
Lovui6712/
Hlawu6710/
Lawui6710/
Lovut678/
Luwut677/
Hlovu674/
Laawu673/
Loibu673/
Lguwu672/
Lawud672/
Lubou672/
Lyawu672/
Liawu672/
Luwui671/
Lohbu671/
Laewu671/
Liobu671/
Lawuh671/
Louvu671/
Loobu671/
Lowoe671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Lowu
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