Laawan Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Laawan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 25 | 1:7,085,710 | 162,099 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Laawan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Laawan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Laawan is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Laawan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,882,373rd most numerous surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Laawan reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 7,085,710. In Nigeria Laawan is mostly found in: Kano, where 92 percent are found, Adamawa, where 4 percent are found and Gombe, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria it exists in one country. It also occurs in Niger, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Laawan
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