Lumière Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Lumière Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Lumiere (1,300) & Lumiére (2) are calculated separately.
Lumière (109) may also be a first name.
Lumière Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lumière Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lumière (Arabic: لوميار) is held by more people in France than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Lumiere or Lumiére. Click here for further possible spellings of Lumière.
How Common Is The Last Name Lumière? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,798,600th most common surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. Lumière occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of Lumière live; 56 percent live in Western Europe and 41 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Lumière is also the 900,062nd most widely held first name globally, borne by 109 people.
The last name is most prevalent in France, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 6,642,272. In France Lumière is most frequent in: Île-de-France, where 60 percent are found, Occitanie, where 20 percent are found and Brittany, where 10 percent are found. Aside from France this surname exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 7 percent are found and Benin, where 7 percent are found.
Lumière Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Lumière has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Lumière last name fell 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lumiere | 95 | 1,300 | / |
| Lumiére | 95 | 2 | / |
| Laumiere | 80 | 64 | / |
| Loumiere | 80 | 13 | / |
| Lumieres | 80 | 13 | / |
| Lumier | 77 | 53 | / |
| Laumier | 71 | 217 | / |
| Lumiera | 71 | 85 | / |
| Lumieri | 71 | 3 | / |
| Lumiira | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lomiere | 71 | 1 | / |
| Loumier | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lhoumier | 67 | 9 | / |
| Lhaumier | 67 | 3 | / |
| Laumeijer | 63 | 1 | / |
| Lomier | 62 | 66 | / |
| Lumyer | 62 | 1 | / |
| Lumger | 62 | 1 | / |
| Loomier | 57 | 4 | / |
| Lummyer | 57 | 1 | / |
| Laumger | 57 | 0 | / |
| Laumyer | 57 | 0 | / |
| Lomeijer | 53 | 24 | / |
| Loomeijer | 50 | 67 | / |
Lumière Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lumière in the Arabic language | ||
| لوميار | lwmyar | - |
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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 Lumière
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