Laiwe Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Laiwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Laiwe (69) may also be a first name.
Laiwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Laiwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Laiwe is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Laiwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,034,050th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Laiwe are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Laiwe is also the 1,171,416th most prevalent forename at a global level, held by 69 people.
The last name Laiwe is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria Laiwe is mostly concentrated in: Taraba, where 94 percent live and Kogi, where 6 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 25 percent live and Benin, where 4 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 Laiwe
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