Luwen Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Luwen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 18 | 1:1,638,568 | 67,452 |
| Taiwan | 16 | 1:1,465,297 | 9,806 |
| China | 10 | 1:136,732,157 | 7,199 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Luwen (500) may also be a first name.
Luwen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Luwen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Luwen occurs more in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Luwen? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,776,799th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 94 percent of Luwen are found; 53 percent are found in East Asia and 53 percent are found in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 379,225th most commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 500 people.
The last name Luwen is most frequently occurring in Malaysia, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 1,638,568. In Malaysia it is most numerous in: Sarawak, where 83 percent live, Kuala Lumpur, where 6 percent live and Negeri Sembilan, where 6 percent live. Outside of Malaysia it occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Taiwan, where 33 percent live and China, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louwen | 91 | 564 | / |
| Lauwen | 91 | 444 | / |
| Liuwen | 91 | 133 | / |
| Leuwen | 91 | 21 | / |
| Luwean | 91 | 16 | / |
| Luwene | 91 | 4 | / |
| Liuweng | 83 | 73 | / |
| Louwien | 83 | 54 | / |
| Lowen | 80 | 3,809 | / |
| Luben | 80 | 937 | / |
| Liwen | 80 | 356 | / |
| Luwin | 80 | 27 | / |
| Lywen | 80 | 9 | / |
| Luwng | 80 | 1 | / |
| Louweene | 77 | 1 | / |
| Louweine | 77 | 0 | / |
| Loewen | 73 | 14,362 | / |
| Luyben | 73 | 597 | / |
| Lowien | 73 | 369 | / |
| Lauben | 73 | 127 | / |
| Luyven | 73 | 126 | / |
| Loween | 73 | 72 | / |
| Liewen | 73 | 71 | / |
| Leuben | 73 | 14 | / |
| Liuben | 73 | 13 | / |
| Hluben | 73 | 9 | / |
| Louben | 73 | 5 | / |
| Luwain | 73 | 5 | / |
| Lubeen | 73 | 2 | / |
| Lihuen | 73 | 2 | / |
| Liween | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lluwyn | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lauwnd | 73 | 1 | / |
| Louwin | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lueuen | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lubehn | 73 | 0 | / |
| Lauwin | 73 | 0 | / |
| Lowenn | 73 | 0 | / |
| Lown | 67 | 2,598 | / |
| Luijben | 67 | 365 | / |
| Loewien | 67 | 3 | / |
| Luhwink | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lywn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Liwn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lubn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luvn | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Luwen
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