Luwaha Surname
Approximately 298 people bear this surname
Luwaha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 289 | 1:183,189 | 15,886 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Luwaha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Luwaha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Luwaha is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Luwaha? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 897,852nd most frequently used last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 24,454,852 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Luwaha reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Luwaha is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 289 people, or 1 in 183,189. In Tanzania Luwaha is most frequent in: Dodoma Region, where 66 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 33 percent reside and Njombe Region, where 0 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luwah | 91 | 24 | / |
| Luwaa | 91 | 7 | / |
| Luwha | 91 | 1 | / |
| Liuwwaha | 86 | 1 | / |
| Luvaha | 83 | 358 | / |
| Liwaha | 83 | 5 | / |
| Louwah | 83 | 5 | / |
| Lauwah | 83 | 2 | / |
| Luweah | 83 | 1 | / |
| Luwach | 83 | 1 | / |
| Leuwah | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lauwha | 83 | 1 | / |
| Luwa | 80 | 3,662 | / |
| Laubaha | 77 | 28 | / |
| Louwaas | 77 | 1 | / |
| Louwa | 73 | 406 | / |
| Luwau | 73 | 348 | / |
| Lauwa | 73 | 292 | / |
| Luvha | 73 | 207 | / |
| Luwai | 73 | 201 | / |
| Luway | 73 | 157 | / |
| Leuwa | 73 | 87 | / |
| Liwah | 73 | 41 | / |
| Lubha | 73 | 39 | / |
| Luhwa | 73 | 34 | / |
| Lowha | 73 | 29 | / |
| Liuwa | 73 | 17 | / |
| Lowaa | 73 | 14 | / |
| Liwaa | 73 | 8 | / |
| Lubaa | 73 | 7 | / |
| Lujwa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Luuwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Luwoh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Luwwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lubhai | 67 | 1,804 | / |
| Luvaas | 67 | 158 | / |
| Livaha | 67 | 94 | / |
| Liuvha | 67 | 83 | / |
| Lauwai | 67 | 45 | / |
| Lauwau | 67 | 31 | / |
| Luuwai | 67 | 30 | / |
| Liwaai | 67 | 29 | / |
| Lubhay | 67 | 25 | / |
| Lahuwa | 67 | 19 | / |
| Louwap | 67 | 15 | / |
| Loubah | 67 | 15 | / |
| Lahuva | 67 | 15 | / |
| Lauway | 67 | 12 | / |
| Loewha | 67 | 10 | / |
| Luubaa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Lusswa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Leuwap | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lowwah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luwaiz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Liuwai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lowhay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loubaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Louwat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Louwas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lushwa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Luwaha
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