Luwig Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Luwig Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 22 | 1:3,659,339 | 158,771 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
Luwig (12) may also be a first name.
Luwig Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Luwig Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Luwig is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Luwig click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Luwig? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,798,600th most frequent family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name Luwig is predominantly found in Europe, where 81 percent of Luwig live; 81 percent live in Western Europe and 81 percent live in Germanic Europe. Luwig is also the 3,306,491st most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 12 people.
It is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 3,659,339. In Germany Luwig is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 50 percent are found, Berlin, where 45 percent are found and Saxony-Anhalt, where 5 percent are found. Not including Germany this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 11 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.
Luwig Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Luwig has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Luwig last name contracted 82 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Luwig
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