Lwavu Surname

1,849,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 100 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Lwavu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Lwavu 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
Tanzania951:557,28035,395
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Lwavu Last Name Facts

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

Lwavu is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lwavu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lwavu is the 1,849,867th most frequently occurring surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 72,875,459 people. The surname Lwavu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Lwavu live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 95 people, or 1 in 557,280. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Dodoma Region, where 89 percent live, Arusha Region, where 4 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 4 percent live. Beside Tanzania it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent live and China, where 1 percent live.

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
Luavu80154/
Lwabu8075/
Lwovu801/
Lwawu801/
Luhavu734/
Luabu60623/
Luowu60236/
Luawu60100/
Lwobu603/
Lbabu602/
Luabui551/
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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 Lwavu
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