Luwaa Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Luwaa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 5 | 1:481,880 | 11,140 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Luwaa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Luwaa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Luwaa is more commonly found in Namibia than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Luwaa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Luwaa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,117,718th most commonly used last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Luwaa are found; 71 percent are found in Southern Africa and 71 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Namibia, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 481,880. In Namibia Luwaa is most numerous in: Kunene Region, where 80 percent are found and Omusati Region, where 20 percent are found. Barring Namibia it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 14 percent are found and The United States, where 14 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 Luwaa
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