Luwum Surname
Approximately 124 people bear this surname
Luwum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 109 | 1:358,159 | 23,337 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Luwum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Luwum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Luwum occurs more in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Luwum? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,620,164th most widespread last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 58,770,532 people. The surname Luwum occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Luwum live; 88 percent live in East Africa and 52 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is borne by 109 people, or 1 in 358,159. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Kitgum District, where 22 percent live, Kampala District, where 19 percent live and Gulu District, where 10 percent live. Barring Uganda this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 10 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowum | 80 | 33 | / |
| Lubum | 80 | 11 | / |
| Luwun | 80 | 1 | / |
| Louvum | 73 | 29 | / |
| Luwune | 73 | 2 | / |
| Leuwun | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lubuim | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lhuvum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lubaum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lhouvum | 67 | 2,524 | / |
| Leuvaum | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lhauvum | 67 | 2 | / |
| Louboum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lhoubum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lhouvuum | 62 | 1 | / |
| Luwon | 60 | 37 | / |
| Lubun | 60 | 23 | / |
| Lowom | 60 | 4 | / |
| Lowun | 60 | 1 | / |
| Lubuń | 60 | 1 | / |
| Livum | 60 | 1 | / |
| Lyubun | 55 | 259 | / |
| Luvund | 55 | 30 | / |
| Lubuin | 55 | 3 | / |
| Liubun | 55 | 3 | / |
| Leubun | 55 | 1 | / |
| Luvune | 55 | 1 | / |
| Laubun | 55 | 1 | / |
| Lubuhn | 55 | 1 | / |
| Liubuin | 50 | 4 | / |
| Lhouvom | 50 | 1 | / |
| Lhouvun | 50 | 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 Luwum
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis