Lwalo Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Uganda

Lwalo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Lwalo 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
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114

Lwalo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lwalo is found most frequently in Kenya. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Lwalo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lwalo? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,968,613th most commonly held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lwalo live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 75 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

Lwalo is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 23,089,950. In Kenya Lwalo is most numerous in: Bungoma County, where 50 percent are found and Trans Nzoia County, where 50 percent are found. Without taking into account Kenya Lwalo exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 50 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
Lwailo911/
Hlwaelo831/
Lwala801,707/
Lualo809/
Lwelo805/
Lbalo801/
Lwaula7391/
Lualos7332/
Lwalya739/
Lwuala732/
Lwaala731/
Lualoo731/
Lualot730/
Hlwaela6743/
Luhaloo6713/
Lwahala671/
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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 Lwalo
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