Names distinctive to Luxembourg

The list of names unique to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg*

Female forenames

NameUniqueness Prevalence rank

Male forenames

NameUniqueness Prevalence rank

Surnames

NameUniqueness Prevalence rank
1. Luxembourg 59% 2.
2. Elvinger 78% 3.
3. Majerus 20% 1.
4. Schintgen 61% 9.
5. Flammang 25% 4.
6. Lanners 26% 5.
7. Grethen 29% 8.
8. Biver 21% 6.
9. Mousel 21% 7.

Distinctive names in
the related** countries

CountrySimilarity
Portugal 29%
Belgium 29%
France 23%
Brazil 22%
Andorra 21%
Austria 20%
Switzerland 20%

*The rank of the unique name is the geometric average of the name uniqueness and the name prevalence in the respective country. Name uniqueness is measured only by the exact grapheme form (not taking into account transliterational equivalents or phonetic similarities).

** Country similarity is the correlation of the relative frequency of the names shared by two countries (as measured by cosine similarity).