Luwaye Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Luwaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 73 | 1:534,785 | 29,774 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Luwaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Luwaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Luwaye occurs most in Uganda. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Luwaye.
How Common Is The Last Name Luwaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Luwaye is the 2,185,341st most common family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Luwaye reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most common in Uganda, where it is carried by 73 people, or 1 in 534,785. In Uganda Luwaye is most frequent in: Kamuli District, where 70 percent reside, Buyende District, where 11 percent reside and Luuka District, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Uganda it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Luwaye
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