Luando Surname

830,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 333 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Luando Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Luando Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo3081:239,86923,092
Zambia111:1,440,90231,383
Angola91:2,998,8024,903
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
France11:66,422,722504,397
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Luando (69) may also be a first name.

Luando Last Name Facts

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

Luando occurs most in The DR Congo. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Luando click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Luando? popularity and diffusion

The last name Luando is the 830,559th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 21,884,522 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Luando live; 92 percent live in Central Africa and 92 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Luando is also the 1,171,416th most frequently occurring first name internationally, borne by 69 people.

Luando is most common in The DR Congo, where it is held by 308 people, or 1 in 239,869. Outside of The DR Congo it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 3 percent live and Angola, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Luandos922/
Luanda8312,478/
Lwando839,079/
Luondo8327/
Luandha778/
Luaanda775/
Lwandho771/
Lwanda674,715/
Lwondo6723/
Luonda672/
Lvanda671/
Lwaanda6248/
Lwandah623/
Lwandha621/
Lwoondo621/

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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 Luando
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