Lumière Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Benin

Lumière Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lumière Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France101:6,642,272293,169
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

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 surname Lumière (Arabic: لوميار) occurs more in France more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Lumiere or Lumiére. For other potential spellings of Lumière click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lumière? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,798,600th most frequent family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 67 percent of Lumière are found; 56 percent are found in Western Europe and 41 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 900,062nd most commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 109 people.

The last name Lumière is most widely held in France, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 6,642,272. In France Lumière is mostly concentrated in: Île-de-France, where 60 percent reside, Occitanie, where 20 percent reside and Brittany, where 10 percent reside. Aside from France Lumière exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 7 percent reside and Benin, where 7 percent reside.

Lumière Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Lumière has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lumiere951,300/
Lumiére952/
Laumiere8064/
Loumiere8013/
Lumieres8013/
Lumier7753/
Laumier71217/
Lumiera7185/
Lumieri713/
Lumiira711/
Lomiere711/
Loumier711/
Lhoumier679/
Lhaumier673/
Laumeijer631/
Lomier6266/
Lumyer621/
Lumger621/
Loomier574/
Lummyer571/
Laumger570/
Laumyer570/
Lomeijer5324/
Loomeijer5067/

Lumière Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lumière in the Arabic language
لوميارlwmyar-

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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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