Luwari Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Luwari Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Luwari Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria301:5,904,759145,253
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Luwari (159) may also be a first name.

Luwari Last Name Facts

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

Luwari occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Luwari? popularity and diffusion

The surname Luwari is the 3,323,005th most frequently held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Luwari live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 727,628th most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 159 people.

The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 5,904,759. In Nigeria Luwari is most numerous in: Borno, where 50 percent reside, Adamawa, where 40 percent reside and Lagos, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria Luwari exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent reside and Brazil, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Luwariy9215/
Lauwari9210/
Lowari831,166/
Luwara83118/
Lubari8388/
Luvari8332/
Luware8311/
Liwari831/
Luwori831/
Luweri831/
Lauwaarie801/
Louvari77391/
Luvariy77143/
Lowaari7720/
Loubari7719/
Luwaray7711/
Luvaris7711/
Leuvari779/
Luvario772/
Laubari772/
Liubari771/
Lowaroi771/
Leubari771/
Lubarii771/
Lowarii771/
Lowhari771/
Lyubari771/
Louvaris71609/
Lauwerie71187/
Loubahri712/
Leuvario711/
Luvara67694/
Lowary67531/
Loware67366/
Lubary67225/
Lowara6792/
Luwere6790/
Livari6747/
Lubare6724/
Lowori6712/
Luvare6710/
Liwary671/
Luwery671/

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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 Luwari
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