Luwayo Surname
Approximately 603 people bear this surname
Luwayo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 523 | 1:32,733 | 4,882 |
| Uganda | 49 | 1:796,720 | 37,939 |
| Zambia | 29 | 1:546,549 | 23,344 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Luwayo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Luwayo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Luwayo occurs more in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Luwayo.
How Common Is The Last Name Luwayo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 534,813th most numerous family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 12,085,482 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Luwayo reside; 92 percent reside in Southern Africa and 92 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
Luwayo is most numerous in Malawi, where it is held by 523 people, or 1 in 32,733. Excluding Malawi Luwayo exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 8 percent reside and Zambia, where 5 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 Luwayo
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