Lanwo Surname
Approximately 165 people bear this surname
Lanwo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 108 | 1:1,640,211 | 60,875 |
| Benin | 57 | 1:181,326 | 17,693 |
Lanwo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lanwo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lanwo is most common in Nigeria. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Lanwo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lanwo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lanwo is the 1,348,199th most frequently used family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 44,166,945 people. The last name Lanwo is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lanwo reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Lanwo is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 108 people, or 1 in 1,640,211. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Ondo, where 65 percent reside, Ogun, where 18 percent reside and Ekiti, where 5 percent reside. Other than Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also found in Benin, where 35 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lanwou | 91 | 1 | / |
| Launwo | 91 | 1 | / |
| Lanwa | 80 | 535 | / |
| Lanbo | 80 | 41 | / |
| Lonwo | 80 | 10 | / |
| Lanvo | 80 | 3 | / |
| Lamwo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lanboi | 73 | 28 | / |
| Lanbou | 73 | 18 | / |
| Launbo | 73 | 11 | / |
| Lianwa | 73 | 8 | / |
| Lanvou | 73 | 4 | / |
| Lanboy | 73 | 3 | / |
| Lanuos | 73 | 2 | / |
| Lonwou | 73 | 2 | / |
| Lannvo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lianbo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Leunwo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lamwoi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lanuoy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lannbo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lainwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Laanwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lanvoy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lainvoo | 67 | 23 | / |
| Lasinwa | 67 | 9 | / |
| Lamwoch | 67 | 3 | / |
| Latinwa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lanvoit | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lianboi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lianhwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lanvoud | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lyanwua | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Lanwo
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