Jalawa Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Jalawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 38 | 1:4,661,652 | 124,734 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Jalawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jalawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jalawa is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Jalawa.
How Common Is The Last Name Jalawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jalawa is the 3,141,416th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. Jalawa occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Jalawa live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 4,661,652. In Nigeria Jalawa is primarily found in: Jigawa, where 97 percent reside and Borno, where 3 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It is also common in The Philippines, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Jalawa
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