Luv Surname

1,272,314th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 180 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cambodia
Highest density in:
Cambodia

Luv Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Luv Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cambodia991:156,4362,782
Israel341:251,69522,987
India241:31,961,058386,265
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Luv (1,453) may also be a first name.

Luv Last Name Facts

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

Luv (Hindi: लव, Marathi: लुव, Russian: Лув, Tibetan: ལུག་) has its highest incidence in Cambodia. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Luv.

How Common Is The Last Name Luv? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,272,314th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 40,486,366 people. The surname Luv is predominantly found in Asia, where 93 percent of Luv reside; 59 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 55 percent reside in Khmer-Asia. Luv is also the 204,621st most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 1,453 people.

The last name is most numerous in Cambodia, where it is held by 99 people, or 1 in 156,436. In Cambodia it is primarily found in: Phnom Penh, where 33 percent are found, Kampot Province, where 22 percent are found and Takéo Province, where 21 percent are found. Without taking into account Cambodia Luv occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 19 percent are found and India, where 13 percent are found.

Luv Last Name Statistics demography

Luv earn notably more than the average income. In Canada they earn 20.17% more than the national average, earning $59,705 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lauv86186/
Louv8655/
Luiv8646/
Luvs865/
Luuv864/
Lutv864/
Luvd863/
Hluv861/
Luvz861/
Luvt861/
Luvh861/
Lusv861/
Lujv861/
Lyauv7535/
Lauvs7511/
Lup675,250/
Lub671,459/
Lupova67561/
Lubova67395/
Lauvås67272/
Luf67227/
Lupová6753/
Luw6744/
Luvova6734/
Lubová6711/

Luv Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Luv in the Marathi language
लुवluva-
Luv in the Hindi language
लवlava87.5
लुवluva12.5
Luv in the Tibetan language
ལུག་luk50
ལབlab50
Luv in the Russian language
Лувluv-

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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
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  • 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 Luv
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