Luwum Surname

1,620,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 124 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Luwum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Luwum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1091:358,15923,337
England121:4,643,172139,951
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040

Luwum Last Name Facts

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

The last name Luwum has its highest incidence in Uganda. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Luwum? popularity and diffusion

Luwum is the 1,620,164th most widely held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 58,770,532 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Luwum are found; 88 percent are found in East Africa and 52 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

This surname is most common in Uganda, where it is carried by 109 people, or 1 in 358,159. In Uganda Luwum is primarily concentrated in: Kitgum District, where 22 percent live, Kampala District, where 19 percent live and Gulu District, where 10 percent live. Barring Uganda this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 10 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lowum8033/
Lubum8011/
Luwun801/
Louvum7329/
Luwune732/
Leuwun731/
Lubuim731/
Lhuvum731/
Lubaum731/
Lhouvum672,524/
Leuvaum673/
Lhauvum672/
Louboum671/
Lhoubum671/
Lhouvuum621/
Luwon6037/
Lubun6023/
Lowom604/
Lowun601/
Lubuń601/
Livum601/
Lyubun55259/
Luvund5530/
Lubuin553/
Liubun553/
Leubun551/
Luvune551/
Laubun551/
Lubuhn551/
Liubuin504/
Lhouvom501/
Lhouvun501/

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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 Luwum
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