Lamuwa Surname
Approximately 2,977 people bear this surname
Lamuwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,972 | 1:59,604 | 4,455 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
Lamuwa (1,594) may also be a first name.
Lamuwa Demographics
Lamuwa Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Lamuwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lamuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lamuwa is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Lamuwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Lamuwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 148,508th most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 2,447,950 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lamuwa reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Lamuwa is also the 193,611th most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 1,594 people.
The last name Lamuwa is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 2,972 people, or 1 in 59,604. In Nigeria Lamuwa is primarily concentrated in: Borno, where 73 percent are found, Gombe, where 17 percent are found and Adamawa, where 6 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 0 percent are found and Kazakhstan, where 0 percent are found.
Lamuwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Muslim (99%) in Nigeria.
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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 Lamuwa
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