Lanuwa Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Lanuwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Lanuwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lanuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lanuwa occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lanuwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,968,613th most widespread surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Lanuwa are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria Lanuwa is most frequent in: Gombe, where 50 percent reside and Sokoto, where 50 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 25 percent reside and The Philippines, where 25 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lamnuwa | 92 | 63 | / |
| Languwa | 92 | 16 | / |
| Lanuwe | 83 | 13 | / |
| Lenuwa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Lanuba | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lanuva | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lanubay | 77 | 120 | / |
| Lanoway | 77 | 78 | / |
| Languva | 77 | 30 | / |
| Lanueva | 77 | 16 | / |
| Lanuvai | 77 | 13 | / |
| Lanubai | 77 | 5 | / |
| Lianuwe | 77 | 4 | / |
| Hlonuwa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Hlenuwa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Llanueva | 71 | 4 | / |
| Lanhueva | 71 | 1 | / |
| Langouwo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Longuway | 71 | 0 | / |
| Lanowy | 67 | 36 | / |
| Lanubo | 67 | 19 | / |
| Lonuba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Laniva | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lanúba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lanuvo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lanowe | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Lanuwa
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