Lué Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Lué Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lué Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Lue (8,902), Luè (14), Luê (2), Lúe (2), Lùe (2) & Lüe (1) are calculated separately.

Lué Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lué is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also be found as: Lue, Luè, Luê, Lúe, Lùe or Lüe. For other possible spellings of Lué click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lué? popularity and diffusion

Lué is the 7,117,718th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 57 percent of Lué are found; 29 percent are found in East Africa and 29 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 26,470,806. Not including Tanzania Lué is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Angola, where 14 percent are found and Italy, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lue898,902/
Luè8914/
Luê892/
Loué8650/
Laué8622/
Luyé861/
Leué861/
Lu8021,328,039/
80277/
Lúe782/
Lùe782/
Lüe781/
Laoué7513/
Louwé757/
Lauyé752/
Liu6774,139,464/
Luo6714,714,385/
Lou67845,855/
Lau67509,986/
Luu67480,317/
Lui6799,152/
Leu6724,043/
Lua6719,155/
Luy6717,104/
Lyu6713,749/
Luh672,177/
Llu67485/
Léo67204/
Leé6785/
Léa6774/
Läu6759/
Lju6755/
Léh6727/
Lwu6722/
Laé6718/
Hlu6718/
Luã6716/
Loé6710/
Lưu679/
Lhu678/
Wlu677/
Lée675/
Lău675/
Lié674/
Léu674/
Láu673/
Luò672/
Luá672/
Luí672/
Lêu671/
Louieé671/
Lěé671/
Lôu671/
Lâu671/
Le Oué671/
Luyéyé671/
Luî671/
Lèé671/
Léi671/
Luý671/
Léê671/
Léü671/

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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 Lué
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