Lukwete Surname

2,136,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Lukwete Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lukwete Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo751:985,06164,020
France11:66,422,722504,397
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Lukwete (28) may also be a first name.

Lukwete Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lukwete is most common in The DR Congo. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lukwete? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,136,387th most widespread surname globally, borne by around 1 in 93,430,076 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Lukwete reside; 96 percent reside in Central Africa and 96 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 28 people.

The last name is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 75 people, or 1 in 985,061. Apart from The DR Congo this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in France, where 1 percent reside and Japan, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lukwet921/
Likwete86117/
Lukuete8648/
Lokwete869/
Lukwate866/
Leukwet861/
Lukweti861/
Lukweta861/
Lukwaite802/
Lugwet7735/
Liquete71481/
Likweti71350/
Luquete7177/
Lukueta7134/
Lukwita7128/
Lukwati7120/
Luguete712/
Likwite711/
Logwete711/
Luquette67832/
Liquette67181/
Logwetei6711/
Louquete679/
Lukwityi678/
Luguette674/
Lucquete674/
Luquetes671/
Lusquete671/
Locquete671/
Lutkwith670/

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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 Lukwete
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