Worldwide, Louw (洛 
, Louw 
, Лоув) is quite a common epicene first name. The forename Louw is characteristic of Namibia, where it is quite a rare masculine name, South Africa, where it is quite a rare predominantly male, but scarcely female name, and China, where it is a rare unisex name. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in China, South Africa, and Indonesia. More prevalently, Louw is the last name as well as the forename.
Louw is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Rod Flanders , the fictional character from The Simpsons franchise; Lou Solverson , the American tv character, created 2014, Fargo; Rampage , the fictional character in the DC Comics universe, Superman; Lou , the The Simpsons character and Lou Grant , the fictional character from The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and in many other works.
| attie louw (b. 1859) |
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| milla louw South African actress, ZA (b. 1922) |
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| miel louw journalist, television presenter, writer (b. 1933) |
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| schalk van der merwe louw South African entomologist, ZA (b. 1952) |
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| marah louw South African singer-songwriter (b. 1952) |
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| andry van de louw researcher |
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| quinette a louw researcher |
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| elles j van der louw researcher (ORCID 0000-0003-3245-0471) |
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| graham louw researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-7431-2651) |
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| dewald louw South African musician, ZA (b. 1986) |
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