Lukwesa Surname
Approximately 25,413 people bear this surname
Lukwesa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 12,977 | 1:5,693 | 672 |
| Zambia | 12,395 | 1:1,279 | 176 |
| Tanzania | 14 | 1:3,781,544 | 51,645 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Lukwesa (1,049) may also be a first name.
Lukwesa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lukwesa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lukwesa is most common in The DR Congo. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lukwesa? popularity and diffusion
Lukwesa is the 21,442nd most commonly held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 286,764 people. The surname Lukwesa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lukwesa are found; 51 percent are found in Central Africa and 51 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 247,268th most commonly held given name in the world, borne by 1,049 people.
The surname Lukwesa is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 12,977 people, or 1 in 5,693. Apart from The DR Congo this surname is found in 16 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 49 percent reside and Tanzania, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lukwesha | 93 | 25 | / |
| Lukwessa | 93 | 21 | / |
| Lukwesaa | 93 | 1 | / |
| Lukwasa | 86 | 577 | / |
| Lugwesa | 86 | 469 | / |
| Lukuesa | 86 | 158 | / |
| Lukwese | 86 | 42 | / |
| Lukwisa | 86 | 29 | / |
| Likwesa | 86 | 2 | / |
| Lukweza | 86 | 2 | / |
| Lokwesa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lugwessa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lukweshe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lukweshi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Leukwetse | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lukwise | 71 | 46 | / |
| Lugwisa | 71 | 10 | / |
| Lukwiso | 71 | 5 | / |
| Likwasa | 71 | 5 | / |
| Lukwiza | 71 | 3 | / |
| Liquesa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lugwasa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lugwesi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lugwisha | 67 | 6,555 | / |
| Lugwasha | 67 | 295 | / |
| Likwasha | 67 | 9 | / |
| Luiquesa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lokwisai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lukhwiso | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lukwishi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lukwagio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lukwazha | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Lukwesa
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