Luã Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Luã Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 14 | 1:15,291,024 | 280,658 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
The alternate forms: Lua (19,155), Luá (2), Lúa (19) & Lùa (1) are calculated separately.
Luã (48) may also be a first name.
Luã Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Luã Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Luã occurs most in Brazil. It can be rendered as: Lua, Luá, Lúa or Lùa. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Luã? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,908,606th most widely held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. Luã is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Luã are found; 88 percent are found in South America and 88 percent are found in Luso-South America. Luã is also the 1,448,253rd most frequently held forename in the world, held by 48 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 15,291,024. In Brazil Luã is mostly found in: Rio de Janeiro, where 21 percent live, Bahia, where 14 percent live and São Paulo, where 14 percent live. Other than Brazil Luã occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lua | 89 | 19,155 | / |
| Luá | 89 | 2 | / |
| Lu | 80 | 21,328,039 | / |
| Lã | 80 | 4 | / |
| Lúa | 78 | 19 | / |
| Lùa | 78 | 1 | / |
| Liu | 67 | 74,139,464 | / |
| Luo | 67 | 14,714,385 | / |
| Lou | 67 | 845,855 | / |
| Lau | 67 | 509,986 | / |
| Luu | 67 | 480,317 | / |
| Lui | 67 | 99,152 | / |
| Leu | 67 | 24,043 | / |
| Luy | 67 | 17,104 | / |
| Lyu | 67 | 13,749 | / |
| Lue | 67 | 8,902 | / |
| Luh | 67 | 2,177 | / |
| Llu | 67 | 485 | / |
| Läu | 67 | 59 | / |
| Lju | 67 | 55 | / |
| Lwu | 67 | 22 | / |
| Hlu | 67 | 18 | / |
| Luè | 67 | 14 | / |
| Lưu | 67 | 9 | / |
| Lhu | 67 | 8 | / |
| Lué | 67 | 7 | / |
| Wlu | 67 | 7 | / |
| Lău | 67 | 5 | / |
| Léu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Láu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Luò | 67 | 2 | / |
| Luí | 67 | 2 | / |
| Luê | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lâu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luî | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luý | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lêu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lôu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lãõ | 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
- 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 Luã
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