Lutwa Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Lutwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lutwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda901:433,77026,293
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Lutwa (17) may also be a first name.

Lutwa Last Name Facts

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

Lutwa is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Lutwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Lutwa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,918,812th most commonly used last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 77,527,084 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Lutwa reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 76 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 17 people.

This surname is most common in Uganda, where it is borne by 90 people, or 1 in 433,770. In Uganda Lutwa is most frequent in: Pader District, where 24 percent live, Kitgum District, where 17 percent live and Manafwa District, where 11 percent live. Not including Uganda Lutwa exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 2 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hlutwa91156/
Lutway911/
Luthwa911/
Hluthwa83195/
Luttway8324/
Lutwaya831/
Litwa801,267/
Ludwa80550/
Lutua80237/
Lutwe8092/
Lotwa8060/
Luthwait770/
Lautua73336/
Luthwe7334/
Lotwai7317/
Ludway7313/
Litwai732/
Luthwi732/
Loutua731/
Lithwa731/
Luutwi731/
Luutua731/
Lutwei731/
Litwea731/
Lutuah731/
Litway731/
Lithway6725/
Lutuayi671/
Lutwych670/
Laudway670/

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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 Lutwa
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis