Luwede Surname
Approximately 81 people bear this surname
Luwede Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 79 | 1:494,168 | 28,468 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luwedde | 92 | 2,792 | / |
| Luweede | 92 | 4 | / |
| Luwedie | 92 | 1 | / |
| Luweedde | 86 | 5 | / |
| Luuwedde | 86 | 2 | / |
| Luwaedde | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lubede | 83 | 230 | / |
| Luwide | 83 | 14 | / |
| Luwade | 83 | 5 | / |
| Lowede | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lubhede | 77 | 331 | / |
| Louwode | 77 | 44 | / |
| Luwadde | 77 | 2 | / |
| Luweddi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lowedde | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lauwadde | 71 | 29 | / |
| Loewedey | 71 | 1 | / |
| Luwidi | 67 | 123 | / |
| Liwade | 67 | 58 | / |
| Lubedi | 67 | 44 | / |
| Luwadi | 67 | 40 | / |
| Livede | 67 | 6 | / |
| Lowedi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Luvade | 67 | 4 | / |
| Luwidy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lowide | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luwodi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lowedy | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis