Luweni Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Luweni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Luweni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Luweni (35) may also be a first name.

Luweni Last Name Facts

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

The surname Luweni is found in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Luweni.

How Common Is The Last Name Luweni? popularity and diffusion

Luweni is the 7,593,402nd most common family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name Luweni is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Luweni reside; 83 percent reside in Southern Africa and 83 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Luweni is also the 1,744,716th most frequently held given name in the world, borne by 35 people.

This surname is most frequent in Malawi, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 4,279,777. Beside Malawi it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 17 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 17 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Luwenyi9227/
Lauweni923/
Luwena8345/
Luveni8311/
Luwini834/
Luwene834/
Lauveni7722/
Luvengi774/
Lubenoi773/
Luwenje773/
Laubeni771/
Luwenyo771/
Louveni770/
Leuwener7112/
Liuwinit712/
Luswenje711/
Lubeanoi711/
Louweene711/
Louweine710/
Luvena67466/
Lubene67180/
Luvini67156/
Luvene67131/
Liuwinich6715/
Lowena6711/
Loweny671/
Lowyni671/
Lowene670/

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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 Luweni
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