Luah Surname

290,346th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,319 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Singapore
Highest density in:
Singapore

Luah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Luah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Singapore1,0401:5,296348
Liberia761:58,0075,112
Malaysia761:388,08220,352
Indonesia711:1,862,665118,960
Thailand211:3,363,731310,277
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Brunei21:209,3663,098
France21:33,211,361423,184
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Luah (528) may also be a first name.

Luah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Luah is most common in Singapore. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Luah? popularity and diffusion

Luah is the 290,346th most prevalent last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,525,054 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 92 percent of Luah live; 92 percent live in Southeast Asia and 79 percent live in Sinio-Southeast Asia. It is also the 367,169th most frequently used given name worldwide, borne by 528 people.

The surname is most widespread in Singapore, where it is held by 1,040 people, or 1 in 5,296. Excluding Singapore it occurs in 19 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 6 percent are found and Malaysia, where 6 percent are found.

Luah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Luah has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Luah last name grew 800 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Louah892,737/
Luaha89541/
Leuah8915/
Luuah8913/
Louach80321/
Luhach80212/
Luhaha8093/
Luhash8014/
Lujjah809/
Louaha802/
Lauach802/
Louahy801/
Lujiah801/
Loua7599,101/
Luha7515,524/
Leua752,650/
Laua75632/
Luho75111/
Luța7560/
Luoh7518/
Luua752/
Luđa751/
Louahaj739/
Louaich734/
Louahad731/
Louahch731/
Louay673,724/
Lujja671,582/
Louha671,389/
Lauha67867/
Louas67636/
Louai67538/
Louat67488/
Louho67412/
Luiya67194/
Lahuo67175/
Luhai6793/
Luhau6781/
Luyia6774/
Lahua6761/
Lujea6760/
Lauai6745/
Louap6741/
Lujia6739/
Luija6736/
Lauas6733/
Lauay6733/
Luhio6733/
Luhou6732/
Luțas6732/
Luțea6730/
Louaa6727/
Lohua6720/
Louad6717/
Leuad6714/
Luhaj6713/
Leuaa6712/
Leuai6712/
Lauho6710/
Leuap6710/
Louoh6710/
Lugia677/
Leuea676/
Lujya676/
Leuas675/
Louaj674/
Lyuha674/
Leuaj673/
Leuat673/
Leuau673/
Lauau673/
Lauat673/
Luțaș672/
Luhaa672/
Lujha672/
Luhía672/
Lujga671/
Luyya671/
Luaiy671/
Hluha671/
Luuha671/
Liuua671/
Lauoa671/
Luhuo671/
Louaz671/
Leuoh671/
Leuoa671/
Léoua671/
Luhoš671/
Luhay671/
Luțai671/
Luhey670/

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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 Luah
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