Luwor Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Luwor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Luwor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia81:551,06725,208
Uganda61:6,506,546123,710
Australia21:13,497,850222,987

Luwor Last Name Facts

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

The surname Luwor occurs more in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Luwor.

How Common Is The Last Name Luwor? popularity and diffusion

The surname Luwor is the 4,908,606th most commonly occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Luwor live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.

This surname is most numerous in Liberia, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 551,067. In Liberia Luwor is most prevalent in: Montserrado County, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Liberia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 38 percent reside and Australia, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Luwoire8315/
Luwar802,456/
Lowor80999/
Luwur8049/
Lubor8033/
Liwor801/
Luware7311/
Louvor735/
Luvoir731/
Lowour731/
Loubor731/
Loowor731/
Luswar731/
Lowhor730/
Louwart678/
Louvour676/
Lauwure671/
Lauvore671/
Louvore671/
Luwahar671/

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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 Luwor
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