Lwy Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Yemen

Lwy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lwy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Lwy (20) may also be a first name.

Lwy Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lwy is found most frequently in Thailand. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lwy? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,193,072nd most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 80 percent of Lwy reside; 40 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 40 percent reside in Tai-Asia. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequently used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 20 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Thailand, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 35,319,172. In Thailand Lwy is mostly found in: Udon Thani Province, where 50 percent are found. Not including Thailand it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 20 percent are found and Sudan, where 20 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lway8674/
Lőwy8652/
Lwey866/
Lwoy863/
Hlwy862/
Lwyd862/
Lwyi862/
Lwyo861/
Lwyh861/
Lwhy861/
Llwy861/
Gliwy75912/
Lőwey7515/
Hlway751/
Hllwy751/
Lwi67174/
Lwa67114/
Lwe6746/
Lby6715/
Lwaaya673/
Lwj671/
Lvy671/

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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 Lwy
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