Lwoba Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Lwoba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Lwoba 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
Kenya521:888,07532,885
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Lwoba Last Name Facts

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

Lwoba is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lwoba? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,661,929th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lwoba are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

It is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 52 people, or 1 in 888,075. In Kenya Lwoba is primarily concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 94 percent reside, Kiambu County, where 2 percent reside and Kilifi County, where 2 percent reside. Besides Kenya it exists in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside.

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
Lwaba803,117/
Lweba8055/
Luoba8013/
Lwobo804/
Luobai7317/
Lwaaba732/
Lwuaba731/
Lwabay731/
Luhoba731/
Lwabea731/
Louhoba6723/
Louhaba673/
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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 Lwoba
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