Lwabwe Surname

413,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 843 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Lwabwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Lwabwe 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 Congo7521:98,24411,070
Tanzania911:581,77636,762

Lwabwe Last Name Facts

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

Lwabwe is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lwabwe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 413,383rd most frequent surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 8,644,776 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lwabwe are found; 89 percent are found in Central Africa and 89 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

The surname Lwabwe is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 752 people, or 1 in 98,244. Not including The DR Congo Lwabwe is found in one country. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 11 percent reside.

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
Lwafwe8362/
Luabwe8343/
Lwabwa831/
Lwapwe831/
Lwavwe831/
Lwebwe831/
Luhabwe771/
Luebwe6721/
Lwabbi671/
Lwabuhehe671/
Luabwa671/
Luhebwe6241/
Luabui501/
Luafue501/
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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 Lwabwe
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