Luwei Surname
Approximately 167 people bear this surname
Luwei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 105 | 1:1,687,074 | 62,154 |
| Taiwan | 32 | 1:732,648 | 5,233 |
| China | 24 | 1:56,971,732 | 3,099 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Luwei (468) may also be a first name.
Luwei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Luwei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Luwei occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Luwei? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,338,236th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 43,637,999 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 63 percent of Luwei live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 393,633rd most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 468 people.
It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 1,687,074. In Nigeria Luwei is most common in: Bayelsa, where 66 percent live, Delta, where 20 percent live and Edo, where 9 percent live. Outside of Nigeria Luwei occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 19 percent live and China, where 14 percent live.
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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 Luwei
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