Luviya Surname
Approximately 178 people bear this surname
Luviya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 164 | 1:450,485 | 36,956 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Luviya (50) may also be a first name.
Luviya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Luviya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Luviya is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Luviya.
How Common Is The Last Name Luviya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,281,391st most common surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 40,941,269 people. The surname Luviya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Luviya are found; 92 percent are found in Central Africa and 92 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,412,538th most common given name world-wide. It is borne by 50 people.
This last name is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 164 people, or 1 in 450,485. Beside The DR Congo Luviya exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 7 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Luviya
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