Lwazo Surname

1,620,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 124 people bear this surname

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

Lwazo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Lwazo 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 Congo1161:636,89347,292
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Lwazo (35) may also be a first name.

Lwazo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lwazo occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lwazo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,620,164th most widely held family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 58,770,532 people. The last name Lwazo occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lwazo live; 94 percent live in Central Africa and 94 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Lwazo is also the 1,744,716th most numerous first name world-wide, held by 35 people.

The surname Lwazo is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 116 people, or 1 in 636,893. Aside from The DR Congo this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 4 percent are found and Uganda, 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
Lwajo8053/
Lwaza8025/
Lwezo8021/
Lwaso806/
Lwozo802/
Lvazo801/
Lwezio7321/
Lwajjo7314/
Luhazo7312/
Lwazga732/
Lwaaza731/
Lwazia731/
Luazzo730/
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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 Lwazo
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