Luwede Surname

2,091,648th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 81 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Luwede Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Luwede Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda791:494,16828,468
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Luwede Last Name Facts

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

Luwede is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Luwede.

How Common Is The Last Name Luwede? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,091,648th most common last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 89,969,703 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Luwede live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 94 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequent in Uganda, where it is held by 79 people, or 1 in 494,168. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Kampala District, where 24 percent live, Mukono District, where 24 percent live and Kiboga District, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Uganda this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Luwedde922,792/
Luweede924/
Luwedie921/
Luweedde865/
Luuwedde862/
Luwaedde861/
Lubede83230/
Luwide8314/
Luwade835/
Lowede831/
Lubhede77331/
Louwode7744/
Luwadde772/
Luweddi771/
Lowedde771/
Lauwadde7129/
Loewedey711/
Luwidi67123/
Liwade6758/
Lubedi6744/
Luwadi6740/
Livede676/
Lowedi674/
Luvade674/
Luwidy671/
Lowide671/
Luwodi671/
Lowedy670/

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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 Luwede
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