Luwies Surname

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

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Namibia

Luwies Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Luwies Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Luwies (35) may also be a first name.

Luwies Last Name Facts

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

The surname Luwies is found most frequently in India. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Luwies click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Luwies? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,968,613th most commonly held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 50 percent of Luwies live; 25 percent live in Southern Africa and 25 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 35 people.

Luwies is most commonly occurring in India, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 767,065,382. In India it is most common in: Tamil Nadu, where 100 percent are found. Outside of India this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 25 percent are found and Namibia, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Louwies92243/
Luwis911,200/
Luwes91531/
Louwes83691/
Lowies83427/
Lubies8384/
Lauwis8375/
Luwish8342/
Luwise8314/
Luwijs838/
Liwies837/
Louwis834/
Luwese834/
Luvies832/
Luewis832/
Luwiss832/
Lauwes832/
Luives832/
Leuwis831/
Luwois831/
Luwais831/
Luwisz831/
Luiwes830/
Luibes830/
Louwiesse806/
Loubies77188/
Luwisch77153/
Laubies77146/
Loewies777/
Louwise771/
Luweshe771/
Liewies771/
Lauweis771/
Luweiss770/
Loouies770/
Lubis73214,322/
Lowes737,849/
Lowis732,228/
Luvis73352/
Lives73277/
Luwiz73276/
Lubes73243/
Liwes73143/
Liwis7335/
Luves732/
Luwez732/
Lüwes731/
Lowiesch7128/
Louwesse712/
Loubes67315/
Liewes67265/
Laubis67187/
Lowijs67146/
Louvis67136/
Louves67114/
Lowisz67106/
Lubais6793/
Lowish6767/
Llubes6763/
Lubisz6755/
Luvish6736/
Lubish6734/
Lauves6729/
Lowiss6726/
Luibis6721/
Lowess6717/
Lubiss6715/
Loeuis6713/
Luwich6712/
Loewes6710/
Luvice677/
Loewis676/
Lauvis676/
Lieves675/
Looues675/
Lubejs675/
Luvise675/
Livesh674/
Lubois673/
Liweis672/
Lowees672/
Lubiez672/
Luwhys672/
Luwaiz671/
Luvees671/
Luvhis671/
Lubuis671/
Lowiez671/
Liuvis671/
Livees671/
Leuuis671/
Leuvis671/
Laubes671/
Luvese671/
Loubis671/
Lubież671/
L'Ives671/
Leuwaisse671/
Leubes671/
Liuves671/
Hluvis671/
Loowes670/
Loowis670/
Liewis670/
Loweis670/
Livess670/
Livies670/
Loouis670/

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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 Luwies
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