Lőw Surname

1,765,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 108 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Lőw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Lőw 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
Hungary961:102,2539,849
Czechia121:886,12273,425

Lőw Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lőw is carried by more people in Hungary than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lőw? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,765,740th most frequently used family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 67,477,277 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Lőw live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 89 percent live in Hungaro-Europe.

The last name Lőw is most numerous in Hungary, where it is borne by 96 people, or 1 in 102,253. In Hungary it is mostly found in: Budapest, where 56 percent reside, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, where 32 percent reside and Fejér County, where 8 percent reside. Besides Hungary this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Czechia, where 11 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
Lőwe865/
Lw80429/
Hlw67202/
Løw67102/
Lhw6792/
Lwe6746/
Lww6716/
Lőwová6714/
Lwh6713/
Lőb678/
Lwf675/
Lvw675/
Lőv673/
Lwz673/
Llw673/
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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 Lőw
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