Lwak Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Lwak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 57 | 1:684,900 | 34,656 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
Lwak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lwak Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lwak occurs most in Uganda. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Lwak.
How Common Is The Last Name Lwak? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,506,728th most commonly held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. The last name Lwak occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Lwak live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Uganda, where it is held by 57 people, or 1 in 684,900. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Lira District, where 33 percent live, Amuru District, where 21 percent live and Kitgum District, where 16 percent live. Aside from Uganda Lwak exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 2 percent live and South Sudan, where 2 percent live.
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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 Lwak
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