Luwin Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

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

Luwin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Luwin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Luwin (317) may also be a first name.

Luwin Last Name Facts

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

Luwin is most common in Indonesia. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Luwin? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,798,600th most widely held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 44 percent of Luwin reside; 44 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 44 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 493,198th most frequently used first name on earth, held by 317 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 16,531,149. In Indonesia Luwin is mostly concentrated in: West Kalimantan, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Indonesia this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 30 percent live and The United States, where 19 percent live.

Luwin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Luwin has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 500 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Luwain915/
Louwin911/
Lauwin910/
Louwien8354/
Luhwink832/
Lubin8030,239/
Lowin80874/
Liwin8063/
Luwen8049/
Lywin804/
Luwng801/
L'Uwaine771/
Louweine770/
Louwen73564/
Lauwen73444/
Lowien73369/
Leubin73231/
Laubin73190/
Liuwen73133/
Liubin7364/
Leuwen7321/
Hlubin7320/
Loewin7318/
Luwean7316/
Loubin7314/
Luwene734/
Llubin732/
Liewin732/
Loowin731/
Lubinn731/
Lauwnd731/
Lluwyn731/
Lujuin731/
Lown672,598/
Luijben67365/
Liuweng6773/
Lauhuin6742/
L'Aubin6713/
Lühwink677/
Loewien673/
L'Lubin672/
Liwn671/
Lubn671/
Luvn671/
Lywn671/

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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 Luwin
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