Lwako Surname
Approximately 141 people bear this surname
Lwako Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Kenya | 54 | 1:855,183 | 32,488 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Lwako (36) may also be a first name.
Lwako Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lwako Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lwako is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lwako? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,491,356th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 51,684,723 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Lwako live; 53 percent live in Central Africa and 53 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 36 people.
It is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 75 people, or 1 in 985,061. Outside of The DR Congo Lwako occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 38 percent are found and Uganda, where 8 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 Lwako
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