Lúa Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Lúa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 10 | 1:12,412,620 | 43,480 |
| Ecuador | 4 | 1:3,976,462 | 28,589 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
The alternate forms: Luã (16) & Luá (2) are calculated separately.
Lúa (23) may also be a first name.
Lúa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lúa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lúa has its highest incidence in Mexico. It may appear in the variant forms: Luã or Luá. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lúa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,532,898th most frequently held last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 89 percent of Lúa reside; 68 percent reside in North America and 53 percent reside in Hispano-North America. It is also the 2,239,265th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 23 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Mexico, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 12,412,620. In Mexico it is primarily found in: Jalisco, where 60 percent are found, Guerrero, where 10 percent are found and Michoacán, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Mexico it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Ecuador, where 21 percent are found and Spain, where 11 percent are found.
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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 Lúa
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