Lwa Surname

1,710,039th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 114 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Singapore

Lwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Lwa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo551:1,343,26579,223
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Pakistan71:25,520,55584,222
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
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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

The surname Lwa is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Lwa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lwa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,710,039th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 63,925,841 people. Lwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 63 percent of Lwa live; 48 percent live in Central Africa and 48 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Lwa is also the 526,385th most frequent first name worldwide, held by 283 people.

It is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 1,343,265. Excluding The DR Congo this last name occurs in 17 countries. It is also found in Singapore, where 15 percent are found and Egypt, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Lwha862/
Lhwa861/
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Lwah861/
Lwap861/
Lwoa861/
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Gliwa752,056/
Hlwai7553/
Lwatt755/
Llwad754/
Lwhaa753/
Lwhai753/
Lwajd752/
Lwaja752/
Lwaha752/
Hlway751/
Lwadz751/
Lua6719,155/
Lwi67174/
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Lwo6750/
Lwe6746/
Lba6711/
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Lwaaya673/
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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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