Luvayo Surname

1,310,135th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 172 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Luvayo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Luvayo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1701:271,64617,921
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613

Luvayo Last Name Facts

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

Luvayo is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Luvayo.

How Common Is The Last Name Luvayo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Luvayo is the 1,310,135th most prevalent last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 42,369,453 people. The surname Luvayo occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Luvayo are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 65 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

This last name is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is carried by 170 people, or 1 in 271,646. In Kenya Luvayo is mostly found in: Vihiga County, where 64 percent live, Kakamega County, where 29 percent live and Nairobi County, where 2 percent live. Apart from Kenya this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent live.

Luvayo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Luvayo surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leuvayo923/
Luwayo83603/
Livayo83105/
Luvayi8370/
Luvuyo8354/
Lubayo8349/
Luvaya839/
Luviyo834/
Luvaye831/
Luvaio831/
Leuvay831/
Louvay831/
Luvoyo831/
Loubayo7762/
Hluwayo779/
Lubhayo775/
Lhuwayo772/
Leuvaye771/
Luvhayi771/
Lumpayo771/
Lubay732,635/
Luvai732,250/
Luway73157/
Livay7377/
Luvoi7339/
Luvea734/
Luvaj734/
Luvau732/
Luvey732/
Luvão731/
Luvoe730/
Hlumpayo711/
Lubaya674,354/
Luwaya672,279/
Lumpay671,096/
Lubayi67212/
Lubajo67201/
Luviya67178/
Lutvey6793/
Luwayi6777/
Luveya6776/
Luwaye6775/
Louvau6750/
Lubayu6749/
Lubaye6749/
Luvuya6738/
Leuvau6736/
Lobayo6730/
Laubay6728/
Lubhay6725/
Livaya6722/
Leuvai6720/
Lauvai6719/
Loovay6715/
Lauway6712/
Livaio6711/
Livayi6710/
Leuvoy6710/
Luboyo679/
Luvhea677/
Leuvaj677/
Liwayo677/
Luwayu676/
Lauvau676/
Loubay674/
Luvuyi674/
Lauvey673/
Lubiyo673/
Livajo673/
Livaye672/
Luveia672/
Luwiyo672/
Livoyo671/
Luvaji671/
Luvoue671/
Luvoya671/
Luvoyi671/
Luvujo671/
Lyubay671/
Luwaio671/
Luuvai671/
Luveyi671/
Lowayo671/
Luvaje671/
Lobuyo671/
Lunpay671/
Leubay671/
Luveha671/
Louvai671/
Luwajo671/
Lubaiy671/
Luvija671/
Luveja671/
Luwuyo671/
Luvoid670/
Louvey670/
Lusvey670/

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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 Luvayo
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