Lwire Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Lwire Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lwire Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya131:3,552,30039,474
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157

Lwire (28) may also be a first name.

Lwire Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lwire is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lwire? popularity and diffusion

The last name Lwire is the 4,427,875th most frequent last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lwire are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequently used forename globally, borne by 28 people.

This surname is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 3,552,300. In Kenya Lwire is mostly found in: Kakamega County, where 69 percent are found and Bungoma County, where 31 percent are found. Beside Kenya Lwire exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 20 percent are found and Uganda, where 15 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lwir898/
Lwre892/
Lwere801,060/
Lbire809/
Lware805/
Lwira801/
Luire801/
Lweere73146/
Lhuire7359/
Liuere739/
Luhire736/
Lwerie732/
Lwhare732/
L'Weir732/
Hlware731/
Lwerre731/
Luitre731/
Lweree731/
Lwerer730/
Luirie730/
Luittre6713/
Luir6711/
Luhaire674/
L'Huire672/
Louhire671/
Lwajira671/
L'Wirth671/
Lwer670/

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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 Lwire
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