Luwang Surname

368,903rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 975 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Luwang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Luwang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India5251:1,461,07755,419
Taiwan3611:64,944675
Malaysia621:475,71324,024
Philippines91:11,248,691221,039
China51:273,464,31313,838
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Luwang (3,613) may also be a first name.

Luwang Last Name Facts

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

The last name Luwang (Hindi: लुवन्ग, Tibetan: ཀླུ་དབང་།) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Luwang? popularity and diffusion

The last name Luwang is the 368,903rd most widespread family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,474,406 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Luwang live; 54 percent live in South Asia and 54 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Luwang is also the 117,637th most widespread first name internationally, borne by 3,613 people.

Luwang is most prevalent in India, where it is borne by 525 people, or 1 in 1,461,077. In India Luwang is mostly found in: Manipur, where 85 percent are found, Assam, where 4 percent are found and Delhi, where 3 percent are found. Besides India this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Taiwan, where 37 percent are found and Malaysia, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Liuwang92573/
Lauwang9243/
Louwang9215/
Leuwaing8611/
Lubang835,285/
Liwang834,383/
Lowang834,241/
Luwong8313/
Luvang836/
Luwamg831/
Lihuang772,251/
Luewong77106/
Liewang7725/
Lauvang7721/
Laubang7713/
Liubang778/
Loowang776/
Lihwang773/
Lauwong773/
Liuwong772/
Luiwong772/
Lowhang772/
Lowwang771/
Leuwong771/
Lueuang771/
Liwanng771/
Lowangg771/
Louwoung7128/
Lauwwong713/
Louhuang712/
Lushuang711/
Lubong671,356/
Lowong67682/
Liwong67278/
Luvong6730/
Livang6721/
Liushuang674/
Liuchuang672/
Lowanc671/

Luwang Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Luwang in the Hindi language
लुवन्गluvan'ga-
Luwang in the Tibetan language
ཀླུ་དབང་།luwang25
ཀླུ་དབང་luwang25
ལུ་དབང་luwang25
གླུ་དབང་།luwang12.5
ཀླུ་དབང།luwang12.5

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Luwang
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