Luao Surname

1,817,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 103 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
American Samoa

Luao Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Luao Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines881:1,150,43492,307
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
China31:455,773,85521,925
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Luao (36) may also be a first name.

Luao Last Name Facts

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

The last name Luao is found most in The Philippines. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Luao? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,817,111th most prevalent family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 70,752,873 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Luao live; 91 percent live in Southeast Asia and 85 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. Luao is also the 1,717,090th most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 36 people.

Luao is most widespread in The Philippines, where it is borne by 88 people, or 1 in 1,150,434. In The Philippines it is primarily concentrated in: Zamboanga Peninsula, where 82 percent reside, Northern Mindanao, where 14 percent reside and Calabarzon, where 1 percent reside. Besides The Philippines this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 6 percent reside and China, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Luaao899/
Luoa754/
Luoo754/
Lwao752/
Lbao751/
Lvao751/
Luhaots731/
Lwaho67579/
Luoou674/
Luaau672/
Lvaho671/
Luoha671/
Lbouo671/
Luoas670/
Luhoha60193/
Luhoho6072/
Luojia6018/
Lwajjo6014/
Luohou608/
Lwuoha604/
Lwaaoz601/
Luajia601/
Lwaayo601/
Luhaiya5514/
Louhoho5511/
Louhoua557/
Lvoa501/
Lwoa501/

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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
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  • 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 Luao
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