Luwo Surname
Approximately 735 people bear this surname
Luwo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 561 | 1:131,693 | 14,109 |
| Zimbabwe | 113 | 1:136,622 | 17,842 |
| Uganda | 14 | 1:2,788,520 | 78,087 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Luwo (152) may also be a first name.
Luwo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Luwo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Luwo is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Luwo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Luwo is the 459,598th most widespread surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,915,028 people. The surname Luwo occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Luwo live; 76 percent live in Central Africa and 76 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Luwo is also the 746,252nd most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 152 people.
The last name is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 561 people, or 1 in 131,693. Outside of The DR Congo it occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 15 percent live and Uganda, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lauwo | 89 | 1,236 | / |
| Lyuwo | 89 | 169 | / |
| Louwo | 89 | 32 | / |
| Luwoo | 89 | 17 | / |
| Luwod | 89 | 3 | / |
| Liuwo | 89 | 2 | / |
| Leuwo | 89 | 1 | / |
| Luwoh | 89 | 1 | / |
| Luwoy | 89 | 1 | / |
| Hluwo | 89 | 1 | / |
| Leuwou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Luwois | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lubo | 75 | 13,186 | / |
| Luwa | 75 | 3,662 | / |
| Lowo | 75 | 1,182 | / |
| Liwo | 75 | 262 | / |
| Luvo | 75 | 106 | / |
| Lauwood | 73 | 0 | / |
| Lowoi | 67 | 2,724 | / |
| Lujuo | 67 | 1,118 | / |
| Louwa | 67 | 406 | / |
| Lauwa | 67 | 292 | / |
| Loubo | 67 | 107 | / |
| Liwoh | 67 | 95 | / |
| Laubo | 67 | 93 | / |
| Leuwa | 67 | 87 | / |
| Louvo | 67 | 81 | / |
| Luboy | 67 | 67 | / |
| Lowou | 67 | 54 | / |
| Liubo | 67 | 50 | / |
| Luvoi | 67 | 39 | / |
| Luhwa | 67 | 34 | / |
| Luwah | 67 | 24 | / |
| Luboo | 67 | 23 | / |
| Liuwa | 67 | 17 | / |
| Lowoa | 67 | 14 | / |
| Liwoi | 67 | 9 | / |
| Lihuo | 67 | 8 | / |
| Loowo | 67 | 8 | / |
| Luwaa | 67 | 7 | / |
| Leubo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Lubho | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lujbo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lubou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hliwo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Luboi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Luvuo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lowoy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lujwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Loewo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Liewo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luuvo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lujvo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lusuo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luvos | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luhuo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lauvo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lubuo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luiuo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luibo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luuwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luwha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luwwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lutvo | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Luwo
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