Luwy Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Nicaragua

Luwy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Luwy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137
Nicaragua51:1,204,2185,298
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Luwy (73) may also be a first name.

Luwy Last Name Facts

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

The surname Luwy is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Luwy? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,957,383rd most commonly held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. The surname Luwy is primarily found in Asia, where 40 percent of Luwy reside; 40 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 36 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Luwy is also the 1,134,117th most common first name on earth It is held by 73 people.

This last name is most common in Indonesia, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 14,694,355. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: Jakarta, where 89 percent are found and Banten, where 11 percent are found. Apart from Indonesia it is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Nicaragua, where 20 percent are found and Nigeria, where 12 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Luway89157/
Luwey8922/
Lauwy898/
Luewy891/
Luwoy891/
Luwhy891/
Lauway8012/
Luwhys802/
Louwey801/
Luwe754,343/
Luby754,235/
Luwi754,146/
Luwa753,662/
Lowy752,858/
Liwy7571/
Luvy7531/
Louwaya731/
Lousway730/
Lubay672,635/
Lowey671,278/
Loway671,177/
Lauby67950/
Luwih67530/
Louwe67454/
Louwa67406/
Lauwa67292/
Leuwe67206/
Luwai67201/
Liway67196/
Lubey67185/
Luwei67167/
Lubyi67106/
Luweh6779/
Luboy6767/
Luwee6766/
Louby6766/
Lauwe6748/
Lubuy6735/
Luwej6734/
Luwii6728/
Liuwa6717/
Luybe6717/
Luyue6716/
Luhwe6714/
Lauwi6711/
Louvy6711/
Louwi6711/
Luwaa677/
Lutvy677/
Louwé677/
Luhby676/
Leuby675/
Luwie674/
Luuwe674/
Liuwe673/
Luyva673/
Luewe673/
Lujwa672/
Luiby672/
Luvey672/
Lowoy672/
Luviy671/
Liewy671/
Luuby671/
Luewi671/
Luivy671/
Lhuby671/
Luwui671/
Luwgi671/
Luwwe671/
Luywe671/
Luwij671/
Lubyh671/
Luwwa671/
Luwha671/
Livuy671/
Lowiy671/

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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 Luwy
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