Luwawu Surname

133,336th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,381 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Luwawu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Luwawu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo3,3381:22,1332,796
Belgium151:766,44363,354
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
Uganda71:5,577,040114,218
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
England21:27,859,030389,889
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Luwawu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Luwawu is found most in The DR Congo. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Luwawu.

How Common Is The Last Name Luwawu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Luwawu is the 133,336th most widely held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,155,441 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Luwawu reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 99 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

This surname is most common in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 3,338 people, or 1 in 22,133. Aside from The DR Congo this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 0 percent reside and Switzerland, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Luwabu834/
Lowawu831/
Lubavu67492/
Lubabu67373/
Luvabu6710/
Lubowu674/
Liwewu671/
Luvaabu6220/
Lubabau621/
Loubabou571/
Louwevou571/

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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 Luwawu
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