Luwie Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Luwie Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Luwie Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Luwie (208) may also be a first name.

Luwie Last Name Facts

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

The surname Luwie is found most in Papua New Guinea. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Luwie.

How Common Is The Last Name Luwie? popularity and diffusion

The last name Luwie is the 8,968,613th most frequently held last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Luwie occurs mostly in Oceania, where 50 percent of Luwie reside; 50 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 50 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Luwie is also the 627,410th most commonly held forename world-wide It is held by 208 people.

The surname Luwie is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 4,076,858. In Papua New Guinea Luwie is mostly found in: East Sepik, where 50 percent are found and Madang, where 50 percent are found. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 25 percent are found and Uganda, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Louwie9126/
Luwije917/
Lauwie911/
Luwe894,343/
Luwi894,146/
Luwaiye839/
Louwije831/
Louwier831/
Lowie80728/
Luwih80530/
Louwe80454/
Luvie80290/
Leuwe80206/
Luwai80201/
Luwei80167/
Lubie8081/
Luweh8079/
Luwee8066/
Lauwe8048/
Luwej8034/
Luwii8028/
Luwey8022/
Liwie8016/
Luhwe8014/
Lauwi8011/
Louwi8011/
Luuwe804/
Luewe803/
Liuwe803/
Luewi801/
Luwij801/
Luywe801/
Luwwe801/
Luwgi801/
Luwui801/
Leuwer73398/
Laubie73330/
Liuwei73141/
Loubie7396/
Louvie7378/
Lauvie7374/
Louwye7366/
Lauwer7361/
Luvier7347/
Lauwai7345/
Luuwai7330/
Luijbe7313/
Luwich7312/
Lutvie739/
Lahuwe739/
Luwijs738/
Luvhie737/
Lauwue737/
Loewie736/
Luwija735/
Luwiji734/
Lowiea733/
Lauwit732/
Luvies732/
Lauweh732/
Lauwes732/
Luives732/
Luwaiz731/
Luwiha731/
Lujuie731/
Lowiey731/
Lubiey731/
Lauwid731/
Luweah731/
Luwois731/
Luwisz731/
Luviet731/
Lugiue731/
Luibeh731/
Louwii731/
Lubiea731/
Lowihe731/
Hlubie731/
Louwey731/
Luijwe731/
Liuwai731/
Luywer731/
Luyvie730/
Loouie730/
Lowe67215,662/
Lubi675,400/
Luwa673,662/
Lube672,653/
Live672,116/
Louvier671,228/
Liwe67816/
Luvi67569/
Lowi67556/
Liwi67272/
Luve67228/
Luwisch67153/
Louviet6749/
Lowaiye6741/
Luwy6725/
Luthvie6717/
Lloubie6713/
Loubieh678/
Lywe678/
Lauvier673/
Luswiji671/
Lauwwai671/
Louwehe671/
Lujwaid671/
Luiwiji671/
Lauviet671/
Liweiye671/
Lauweis671/
Luweiss670/
Louwett670/

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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 Luwie
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