Luwaya Surname
Approximately 2,279 people bear this surname
Luwaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 1,855 | 1:8,544 | 1,004 |
| DR Congo | 274 | 1:269,633 | 25,289 |
| Namibia | 72 | 1:33,464 | 4,917 |
| Uganda | 36 | 1:1,084,424 | 45,587 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Luwaya (53) may also be a first name.
Luwaya Demographics
Luwaya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Luwaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Luwaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Luwaya is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Luwaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Luwaya is the 185,898th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 3,197,695 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Luwaya reside; 85 percent reside in Southern Africa and 85 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Luwaya is also the 1,366,219th most widely held forename globally, borne by 53 people.
The last name is most frequent in Zambia, where it is carried by 1,855 people, or 1 in 8,544. In Zambia Luwaya is primarily concentrated in: North-Western Province, where 53 percent reside, Western Province, where 18 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 10 percent reside. Aside from Zambia it occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 12 percent reside and Namibia, where 3 percent reside.
Luwaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Luwaya earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 80.88% less than the national average, earning R 45,444 per year.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Luwaya
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