Ludewigs Surname
Approximately 168 people bear this surname
Ludewigs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 125 | 1:644,044 | 50,561 |
| Australia | 18 | 1:1,499,761 | 75,721 |
| Brazil | 15 | 1:14,271,622 | 267,944 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Ludewigs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ludewigs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ludewigs is most common in Germany. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ludewigs? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ludewigs is the 1,333,288th most commonly occurring family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 43,378,250 people. Ludewigs occurs predominantly in Europe, where 79 percent of Ludewigs reside; 78 percent reside in Western Europe and 78 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 125 people, or 1 in 644,044. In Germany Ludewigs is mostly found in: Lower Saxony, where 54 percent reside, Schleswig-Holstein, where 13 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 12 percent reside. Other than Germany Ludewigs exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 11 percent reside and Brazil, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ludewig | 93 | 9,248 | / |
| Ludewigt | 88 | 79 | / |
| Ludevigs | 88 | 1 | / |
| Laudewig | 88 | 1 | / |
| Ludewicks | 82 | 2 | / |
| Lodewig | 80 | 45 | / |
| Ludevig | 80 | 32 | / |
| Ludiwig | 80 | 9 | / |
| Ludewic | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ludewyg | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ludewick | 75 | 68 | / |
| Loddewig | 75 | 17 | / |
| Ludeviks | 75 | 12 | / |
| Lyudevig | 75 | 10 | / |
| Loudevig | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lodewijks | 71 | 1,312 | / |
| Lodeweegs | 71 | 48 | / |
| Lodewicks | 71 | 17 | / |
| Ludivig | 67 | 69 | / |
| Lodewik | 67 | 33 | / |
| Ludewyk | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lodewijcks | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ludevic | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lodeweg | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Ludewigs
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