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 is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Lwak.
How Common Is The Last Name Lwak? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,506,728th most widely held family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Lwak live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 57 people, or 1 in 684,900. In Uganda Lwak is primarily found in: Lira District, where 33 percent are found, Amuru District, where 21 percent are found and Kitgum District, where 16 percent are found. Not including Uganda this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 2 percent are found and South Sudan, where 2 percent are found.
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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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