Luvu Surname

353,738th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,029 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Luvu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Luvu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo6641:111,26412,279
Fiji1571:5,6971,113
Solomon Islands1171:4,958659
Papua New Guinea421:194,13626,902
Indonesia211:6,297,581275,398
American Samoa111:5,0691,123
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770

Luvu (99) may also be a first name.

Luvu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Luvu occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Luvu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Luvu is the 353,738th most commonly held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 7,082,163 people. The surname Luvu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 65 percent of Luvu reside; 65 percent reside in Central Africa and 65 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 951,070th most frequent forename at a global level, held by 99 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 664 people, or 1 in 111,264. Not including The DR Congo Luvu is found in 18 countries. It is also common in Fiji, where 15 percent reside and The Solomon Islands, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Luvui8952/
Luvus893/
Luvau892/
Louvu891/
Luveu891/
Liuvu891/
Luuvu891/
Louvau8050/
Leuvau8036/
Lauvau806/
Luthvu802/
Lhouvu801/
Lubu751,002/
Luwu75712/
Livu7577/
Lauvaux73499/
Lauvaud731/
Liuwu67782/
Luwau67348/
Lubus67199/
Lumpu67160/
Laubu67151/
Luibu67150/
Lubau67118/
Lubui6790/
Lubuy6735/
Luubu6716/
Lubud679/
Luwut677/
Lubhu676/
Lubut675/
Lubuz674/
Lubuj673/
Hlubu672/
Leubu672/
Lubou672/
Lguwu672/
Lheuveux671/
Livuy671/
Lubuh671/
Luvão671/
Luwui671/
Liubu671/
Lubuś671/
Louvault671/
Luvoe670/

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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 Luvu
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