Luminus Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Israel

Luminus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Luminus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Romania11:20,077,87089,414

Luminus (15) may also be a first name.

Luminus Last Name Facts

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

The last name Luminus is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Luminus? popularity and diffusion

The surname Luminus is the 6,360,413th most commonly occurring surname in the world, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 44 percent of Luminus are found; 44 percent are found in West Africa and 44 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Luminus is also the 2,900,335th most frequently used first name at a global level It is held by 15 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Luminus is most numerous in: Abia, where 75 percent are found and Rivers, where 25 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 11 percent are found and Brazil, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Luminous9313/
Luminu9212/
Lumingu8611,610/
Luminos8664/
Lominus868/
Luminau862/
Lumenus861/
Liminus861/
Luminuhe8077/
Lumineux801/
Lumenu7729/
Lominu774/
Loumingou751,925/
Lumengu712,123/
Lominos716/
Lumenos711/
Lomenus710/
Lominoss671/
Limenaus671/
Leumenou671/
Lomenu621/
Lomynos578/

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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 Luminus
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