Luwongo Surname
Approximately 1,095 people bear this surname
Luwongo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,027 | 1:51,550 | 5,719 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Luwongo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Luwongo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Luwongo occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Luwongo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Luwongo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 336,565th most frequently occurring family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 6,655,293 people. The surname Luwongo occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Luwongo live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 94 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Luwongo is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,027 people, or 1 in 51,550. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Mtwara Region, where 53 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 17 percent are found and Lindi Region, where 17 percent are found. Besides Tanzania this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 6 percent are found and Uganda, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lubongo | 86 | 1,925 | / |
| Luwungo | 86 | 458 | / |
| Liwongo | 86 | 76 | / |
| Luwonga | 86 | 48 | / |
| Luvongo | 86 | 38 | / |
| Luwango | 86 | 36 | / |
| Lowongo | 86 | 3 | / |
| Loubongo | 80 | 70 | / |
| Luhwango | 80 | 9 | / |
| Lubango | 71 | 9,981 | / |
| Lubungo | 71 | 3,777 | / |
| Luvonga | 71 | 1,461 | / |
| Louboungou | 71 | 1,413 | / |
| Luwanga | 71 | 1,361 | / |
| Lubonga | 71 | 501 | / |
| Liwango | 71 | 399 | / |
| Liwonga | 71 | 178 | / |
| Luvengo | 71 | 113 | / |
| Luvungo | 71 | 95 | / |
| Lowango | 71 | 78 | / |
| Luvango | 71 | 65 | / |
| Luwunga | 71 | 52 | / |
| Lowonga | 71 | 2 | / |
| Louvoungou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lubhonga | 67 | 20 | / |
| Louvengo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Luvhango | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lubaango | 67 | 2 | / |
| Luvhungo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lhubango | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luwwunga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lihwango | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Luwongo
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