Luluwa Surname
Approximately 2,528 people bear this surname
Luluwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 2,476 | 1:29,838 | 3,738 |
| Papua New Guinea | 38 | 1:214,572 | 29,580 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Luluwa (234) may also be a first name.
Luluwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Luluwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Luluwa occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Luluwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Luluwa is the 170,487th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 2,882,732 people. The last name Luluwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Luluwa reside; 98 percent reside in Central Africa and 98 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Luluwa is also the 585,759th most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 234 people.
This last name is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 2,476 people, or 1 in 29,838. Besides The DR Congo this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent are found and Uganda, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luluwai | 92 | 14 | / |
| Luluwah | 92 | 4 | / |
| Loulouwa | 86 | 3 | / |
| Loluwa | 83 | 584 | / |
| Luluba | 83 | 211 | / |
| Luluwe | 83 | 28 | / |
| Luliwa | 83 | 27 | / |
| Luluwo | 83 | 17 | / |
| Liluwa | 83 | 6 | / |
| Luluva | 83 | 3 | / |
| Lulueva | 77 | 3 | / |
| Luluvai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lloluwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hluhluwe | 71 | 3 | / |
| Loulouwo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lulloway | 71 | 0 | / |
| Lulubo | 67 | 13 | / |
| Luluve | 67 | 9 | / |
| Liliwa | 67 | 7 | / |
| Loluwe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Liluwo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Luliva | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lyulyueva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loluwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Liliwai | 62 | 21 | / |
| Lulieva | 62 | 4 | / |
| Hlulube | 62 | 1 | / |
| Lyuliva | 62 | 1 | / |
| Liliway | 62 | 1 | / |
| Luliwei | 62 | 1 | / |
| Lolloway | 57 | 0 | / |
| Louloubou | 53 | 2 | / |
| Lolowo | 50 | 82 | / |
| Liliva | 50 | 11 | / |
| Lolowi | 50 | 11 | / |
| Lolowe | 50 | 6 | / |
| Liliwo | 50 | 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
- 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 Luluwa
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