Luwu Surname
Approximately 712 people bear this surname
Luwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 399 | 1:58,759 | 628 |
| Indonesia | 270 | 1:489,812 | 40,209 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Luwu (75) may also be a first name.
Luwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Luwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Luwu is carried by more people in Taiwan than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Luwu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Luwu? popularity and diffusion
Luwu is the 471,234th most frequent surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 10,235,317 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Luwu live; 56 percent live in East Asia and 56 percent live in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 1,116,575th most commonly occurring forename throughout the world It is held by 75 people.
The last name Luwu is most frequently occurring in Taiwan, where it is held by 399 people, or 1 in 58,759. In Taiwan it is mostly found in: Kaohsiung City, where 21 percent live, New Taipei City, where 17 percent live and Tainan City, where 14 percent live. Apart from Taiwan this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 38 percent live and The DR Congo, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liuwu | 89 | 782 | / |
| Luwau | 89 | 348 | / |
| Luwut | 89 | 7 | / |
| Lguwu | 89 | 2 | / |
| Luwui | 89 | 1 | / |
| Lauwau | 80 | 31 | / |
| Luchwu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Leuwou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Liwu | 75 | 3,636 | / |
| Luvu | 75 | 1,029 | / |
| Lubu | 75 | 1,002 | / |
| Lowu | 75 | 289 | / |
| Laubu | 67 | 151 | / |
| Luibu | 67 | 150 | / |
| Lubau | 67 | 118 | / |
| Lubui | 67 | 90 | / |
| Luvui | 67 | 52 | / |
| Lubuy | 67 | 35 | / |
| Luwoo | 67 | 17 | / |
| Luubu | 67 | 16 | / |
| Lubhu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Liwuh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Luvus | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lubuj | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lowuh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Leubu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Luwoe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Luvau | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hlubu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lubou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Liewu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Liubu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Liuvu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luuvu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Louvu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luveu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loewu | 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
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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 Luwu
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