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
The surname Lúa is more commonly found in Mexico than any other country or territory. It may occur as: Luã or Luá. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lúa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lúa is the 4,532,898th most widely held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name Lúa occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 89 percent of Lúa are found; 68 percent are found in North America and 53 percent are found in Hispano-North America. It is also the 2,239,265th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 23 people.
The last name is most frequently 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 reside, Guerrero, where 10 percent reside and Michoacán, where 10 percent reside. Barring Mexico it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Ecuador, where 21 percent reside and Spain, where 11 percent reside.
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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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