Luwis Surname

313,233rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,200 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Luwis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Luwis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi3921:43,6716,239
Tanzania2761:191,81716,484
Nigeria1761:1,006,49342,496
Indonesia1381:958,32770,806
Zimbabwe541:285,89329,291
United States421:8,629,975373,648
Papua New Guinea411:198,87127,541
Malaysia371:797,14136,924
Liberia151:293,90216,977
India71:109,580,769786,157
Nicaragua41:1,505,2725,843
England31:18,572,686338,250
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Luwis (2,626) may also be a first name.

Luwis Last Name Facts

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

Luwis (Hindi: लुईस, Marathi: लुईस) occurs more in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Luwis? popularity and diffusion

The last name Luwis is the 313,233rd most prevalent family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 6,072,955 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Luwis are found; 37 percent are found in Southern Africa and 37 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Luwis is also the 143,362nd most numerous first name internationally, held by 2,626 people.

The last name Luwis is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is borne by 392 people, or 1 in 43,671. Not including Malawi this last name is found in 26 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 23 percent reside and Nigeria, where 15 percent reside.

Luwis Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Luwis has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Luwis last name expanded 323 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Luwis Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Luwis last name are 13.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60% registered to vote for the party.

Luwis earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.91% less than the national average, earning $42,326 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lauwis9175/
Luwish9142/
Luwise9114/
Luwijs918/
Louwis914/
Luwies914/
Luwiss912/
Luewis912/
Luwisz911/
Luwais911/
Luwois911/
Leuwis911/
Louwies83243/
Luwisch83153/
Lauweis831/
Louwise831/
Luweiss830/
Lubis80214,322/
Lowis802,228/
Luwes80531/
Luvis80352/
Luwiz80276/
Liwis8035/
Luwij801/
Luwitsch772/
Louwes73691/
Lowies73427/
Laubis73187/
Lowijs73146/
Louvis73136/
Lowisz73106/
Lubais7393/
Lowish7367/
Lubisz7355/
Luvish7336/
Lubish7334/
Lowiss7326/
Luibis7321/
Lubiss7315/
Loeuis7313/
Luwich7312/
Liwies737/
Loewis736/
Lauvis736/
Luvise735/
Luwese734/
Lubois733/
Luvies732/
Lauwes732/
Luwhys732/
Luives732/
Liweis732/
Hluvis731/
Leuuis731/
Leuvis731/
Liuvis731/
Lubuis731/
Luvhis731/
Luwaiz731/
Loubis731/
Loouis730/
Loweis730/
Luibes730/
Liewis730/
Loowis730/
Luiwes730/
Leuwaisse711/
Lubisch67255/
Louvise67136/
Louvois6782/
Lowisch6731/
Lubissh6722/
Luvisch6717/
Leuvais6714/
Luboisz675/
Louvais675/
Loewish674/
Louvish674/
Luweshe671/
Laubish671/
Louveis671/
Lauveis671/
Lauvish670/
Lowhuis670/

Luwis Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Luwis in the Hindi language
लुईसlu'isa-
Luwis in the Marathi language
लुईसlu'isa80
लुवीसluvisa20

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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 Luwis
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