Luanda Surname

41,828th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,478 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Angola

Luanda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Luanda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania5,2461:10,0921,307
Angola4,9301:5,474762
DR Congo1,7031:43,3825,276
Indonesia4031:328,16228,715
Namibia781:30,8904,700
Zambia371:428,37620,573
Papua New Guinea271:301,99040,635
Israel261:329,14027,831
Brazil151:14,271,622267,944
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Luanda (5,081) may also be a first name.

Luanda Last Name Facts

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

Luanda (Arabic: لواندا, Russian: Луанда) has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Luanda? popularity and diffusion

It is the 41,828th most commonly occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 584,032 people. The surname Luanda is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Luanda are found; 42 percent are found in East Africa and 42 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Luanda is also the 95,276th most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 5,081 people.

It is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 5,246 people, or 1 in 10,092. In Tanzania Luanda is most numerous in: Morogoro Region, where 54 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 20 percent reside and Dodoma Region, where 6 percent reside. Beside Tanzania Luanda is found in 16 countries. It is also common in Angola, where 40 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Luandha928/
Luaanda925/
Luandai921/
Lwanda834,715/
Luando83333/
Luandi83215/
Luande83190/
Luonda832/
Luandê831/
Lvanda831/
Lwaanda7748/
Luandee7733/
Lwandah773/
Luandos772/
Luander771/
Lwanday771/
Lwandha771/
Liuandey711/
Lwando679,079/
Lwande67622/
Luondo6727/
Luonde6710/
Lvande676/
Luangyi62263/
L'Vande626/
Lwandie624/
Luondee621/
Lvhande621/
Lwandde621/
Lwandho621/
L'Vander571/
Løvander571/
Lwondi5031/
Lwondo5023/

Luanda Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Luanda in the Russian language
Луандаluanda-
Luanda in the Arabic language
لوانداlwanda-
لواندlwand-

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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 Luanda
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