Lwa Surname
Approximately 114 people bear this surname
Lwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
Lwa (283) may also be a first name.
Lwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lwa occurs most in The DR Congo. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lwa is the 1,710,039th most frequently used family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 63,925,841 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Lwa live; 48 percent live in Central Africa and 48 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 526,385th most widely held first name on earth It is held by 283 people.
This surname is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 55 people, or 1 in 1,343,265. Aside from The DR Congo this surname occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs in Singapore, where 15 percent reside and Egypt, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lwai | 86 | 147 | / |
| Hlwa | 86 | 127 | / |
| Lway | 86 | 74 | / |
| Lwaj | 86 | 27 | / |
| Llwa | 86 | 4 | / |
| Lwad | 86 | 2 | / |
| Lwaz | 86 | 2 | / |
| Lwha | 86 | 2 | / |
| Lhwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lwea | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lwaa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lwah | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lwap | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lwoa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lwwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gliwa | 75 | 2,056 | / |
| Hlwai | 75 | 53 | / |
| Lwatt | 75 | 5 | / |
| Llwad | 75 | 4 | / |
| Lwhaa | 75 | 3 | / |
| Lwhai | 75 | 3 | / |
| Lwajd | 75 | 2 | / |
| Lwaja | 75 | 2 | / |
| Lwaha | 75 | 2 | / |
| Hlway | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lwadz | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lua | 67 | 19,155 | / |
| Lwi | 67 | 174 | / |
| Lva | 67 | 59 | / |
| Lwo | 67 | 50 | / |
| Lwe | 67 | 46 | / |
| Lba | 67 | 11 | / |
| Lwy | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lwuoha | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lwaaya | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lwhaid | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lwajje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lwaaah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lwj | 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 Lwa
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