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It's a source of annoyance to me that I've never seen or heard of a dictionary of Greek surnames, nor have I found a worthwhile website dealing with Greek surnames. Nor have I seen or heard of an etymological dictionary of the Greek language. Why is this, I wonder?
I would suggest that the Louvaris/Louvaras connection was your best bet for an explanation, but the surname doesn't appear to be Cypriot. Perhaps Louvaras has a locative basis which would feature in place names elsewhere in the Greek speaking world.
I have noticed over time that a fair number of surnames borne by Greeks have a non-Hellenic origin - Turkish, Albanian, Macedonian (i.e., Slavic).