Laawa Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Laawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Laawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Laawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Laawa has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Laawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Laawa is the 5,812,366th most frequent last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 45 percent of Laawa live; 45 percent live in West Africa and 45 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
This last name is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 26,449,839. In Indonesia it is most numerous in: North Maluku, where 100 percent live. Other than Indonesia this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 36 percent live and Niger, where 9 percent live.
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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 Laawa
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