Luw Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Luw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Luw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
China21:683,660,78330,601
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Luw (50) may also be a first name.

Luw Last Name Facts

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

The surname Luw is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Luw? popularity and diffusion

The last name Luw is the 2,944,094th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. Luw is primarily found in Asia, where 52 percent of Luw live; 45 percent live in Southeast Asia and 36 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,412,538th most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 50 people.

The last name Luw is most common in The United States, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 24,163,929. In The United States it is most common in: New York, where 87 percent reside, California, where 7 percent reside and District of Columbia, where 7 percent reside. Outside of The United States this last name is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 16 percent reside and Malaysia, where 16 percent reside.

Luw Last Name Statistics demography

Luw earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.2% more than the national average, earning $44,962 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Louw8684,096/
Luwe864,343/
Lauw862,264/
Liuw86514/
Leuw86208/
Lyuw8676/
Luww862/
Lguw861/
Luhw861/
Luuw861/
Luiw861/
Liauw751,534/
Louwe75454/
Leuwe75206/
Lauwe7548/
Luhwe7514/
Lauws754/
Luuwe754/
Liuwe753/
Llauw752/
Lauwf752/
Luywe751/
Louwt751/
Louww751/
Lhauw751/
Low67146,986/
Lub671,459/
Luf67227/
Luv67180/
Luwowa6721/
Luijwe671/

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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 Luw
  • 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