Luwes Surname

588,441st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 531 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Luwes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Luwes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2641:205,21921,868
Indonesia2611:506,70241,355
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

The alternate forms: Lüwes (1) are calculated separately.

Luwes (236) may also be a first name.

Luwes Last Name Facts

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

The surname Luwes is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may be found as: Lüwes. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Luwes? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 588,441st most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 13,724,192 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 50 percent of Luwes live; 50 percent live in Southern Africa and 50 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 583,008th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 236 people.

This surname is most common in South Africa, where it is borne by 264 people, or 1 in 205,219. In South Africa Luwes is primarily concentrated in: Free State, where 51 percent are found, Gauteng, where 30 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 5 percent are found. Barring South Africa it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 49 percent are found and Liberia, where 0 percent are found.

Luwes Last Name Statistics demography

Luwes earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 106.96% more than the national average, earning R 491,820 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lüwes931/
Louwes91691/
Luwese914/
Luwies914/
Lauwes912/
Luiwes910/
Louwies83243/
Lauweis831/
Luweshe831/
Luweiss830/
Lowes807,849/
Luwis801,200/
Lubes80243/
Liwes80143/
Luwej8034/
Luwez802/
Luves802/
Louwesse772/
Lowies73427/
Loubes73315/
Liewes73265/
Louves73114/
Lauwis7375/
Llubes7363/
Luwish7342/
Lauves7329/
Lowess7317/
Luwise7314/
Loewes7310/
Luwijs738/
Liwies737/
Looues735/
Lubejs735/
Louwis734/
Lowees732/
Luvies732/
Luewis732/
Luwhys732/
Luives732/
Liweis732/
Luwiss732/
Liuves731/
Leuwis731/
Luvese731/
Luwisz731/
Luwais731/
Luwois731/
Laubes731/
Luvees731/
Leubes731/
Loweis730/
Luibes730/
Loowes730/
Luwisch67153/
Lloubes6778/
Lauhues6715/
Louvest6710/
Louveis671/
Lauvesh671/
Louwise671/
Luvesse671/
Luchues671/
Lauveis671/
Luchves670/
Loubess670/

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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 Luwes
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