Lüwes Surname
14,316,765th
Most Common
surname in the World
Approximately 1 people bear this surname
Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa
Lüwes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
The alternate forms: Luwes (531) are calculated separately.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luwes | 93 | 531 | / |
| Lowes | 80 | 7,849 | / |
| Liwes | 80 | 143 | / |
| Lüwer | 80 | 26 | / |
| Louwes | 73 | 691 | / |
| Lowies | 73 | 427 | / |
| Liewes | 73 | 265 | / |
| Lowess | 73 | 17 | / |
| Loewes | 73 | 10 | / |
| Liwies | 73 | 7 | / |
| Luwies | 73 | 4 | / |
| Luwese | 73 | 4 | / |
| Liweis | 73 | 2 | / |
| Lowees | 73 | 2 | / |
| Lauwes | 73 | 2 | / |
| Lübess | 73 | 1 | / |
| Luiwes | 73 | 0 | / |
| Loowes | 73 | 0 | / |
| Loweis | 73 | 0 | / |
| Luwe | 67 | 4,343 | / |
| Liwe | 67 | 816 | / |
| Louwies | 67 | 243 | / |
| Lüwa | 67 | 15 | / |
| Lywe | 67 | 8 | / |
| Lübe | 67 | 7 | / |
| Luweshe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lauweis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luweiss | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Lüwes
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis