Lajwa Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Lajwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 23 | 1:1,697,360 | 58,907 |
| Pakistan | 8 | 1:22,330,486 | 77,733 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Lajwa (18) may also be a first name.
Lajwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lajwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lajwa is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Lajwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Lajwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,485,539th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname Lajwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 72 percent of Lajwa live; 72 percent live in East Africa and 66 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most common given name world-wide, borne by 18 people.
The last name Lajwa is most frequent in Uganda, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 1,697,360. In Uganda Lajwa is most numerous in: Lamwo District, where 70 percent are found, Gulu District, where 9 percent are found and Pader District, where 9 percent are found. Beside Uganda it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 25 percent are found and Afghanistan, where 3 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 Lajwa
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