Lwanwa Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

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

Lwanwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Lwanwa 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 Congo1091:677,79449,381
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806

Lwanwa (41) may also be a first name.

Lwanwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lwanwa is found most in The DR Congo. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lwanwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,736,881st most frequently held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. The surname Lwanwa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lwanwa live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 98 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Lwanwa is also the 1,590,275th most commonly used given name internationally It is held by 41 people.

The surname Lwanwa is most common in The DR Congo, where it is held by 109 people, or 1 in 677,794. Aside from The DR Congo Lwanwa exists in one country. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 2 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
Lwanwai921/
Lweanwai861/
Lwamwe6775/
Lwomwa6727/
Luanba6710/
Lwanbi671/
Lwambay62103/
Llwamba625/
Lwoomwa623/
Luanmba622/
Lwambai621/
Lwaamwo621/
Luamba5024,310/
Lwamby501/
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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 Lwanwa
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