Lwis Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Liberia

Lwis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lwis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Lwis (35) may also be a first name.

Lwis Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lwis has its highest incidence in Canada. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lwis? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,772,636th most frequently used surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 53 percent of Lwis live; 41 percent live in North America and 41 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,744,716th most widespread given name in the world It is held by 35 people.

The last name Lwis is most commonly held in Canada, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 7,369,118. In Canada it is most numerous in: Alberta, where 60 percent reside and Ontario, where 40 percent reside. Apart from Canada Lwis occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 12 percent reside and Liberia, where 12 percent reside.

Lwis Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Lwis has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Lwis surname declined 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lwis Last Name Statistics demography

Lwis earn around the same as the average income. In Canada they earn 3.92% more than the national average, earning $51,632 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lweis8968/
Lwise8922/
Lwios897/
Lwiss892/
Lwies891/
Lwish890/
Lwishe8041/
Lweiss804/
Lwisse801/
Luis75195,165/
Lwes7515/
Lbis756/
Lwiz755/
Lvis752/
Lwic752/
Lwij751/
Lwix751/
Hlwaish731/
Luise673,420/
Lluis671,590/
Lyuis67209/
Lwese67169/
Luijs67134/
Luiss6739/
Luits6731/
Luish6724/
Luist6722/
Liuis6710/
Lhvis672/
Lwich671/
Lvies671/
Luisd671/
L'Vis671/
Lhuis671/
Luisz671/
Lwees671/
Lhweisse671/
Liues671/
Lweus670/

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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
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  • 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 Lwis
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