Luwak Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Luwak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
Luwak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Luwak Come From? nationality or country of origin
Luwak is most common in Malaysia. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Luwak click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Luwak? popularity and diffusion
The last name Luwak is the 4,307,654th most commonly held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 86 percent of Luwak reside; 81 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 76 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
The last name Luwak is most commonly held in Malaysia, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 2,681,293. In Malaysia Luwak is mostly concentrated in: Sarawak, where 91 percent are found and Negeri Sembilan, where 9 percent are found. Aside from Malaysia this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 24 percent are found and France, where 5 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
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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 Luwak
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