Laoa Surname
Approximately 186 people bear this surname
Laoa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 157 | 1:489,061 | 29,269 |
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Laoa (25) may also be a first name.
Laoa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Laoa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Laoa is more frequently found in Iran than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Laoa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,244,200th most widely held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 39,180,354 people. The surname Laoa occurs mostly in Asia, where 87 percent of Laoa live; 84 percent live in South Asia and 84 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Laoa is also the 2,136,160th most widely held first name globally It is held by 25 people.
This surname is most common in Iran, where it is held by 157 people, or 1 in 489,061. In Iran Laoa is mostly concentrated in: West Azerbaijan Province, where 94 percent are found and Tehran Province, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Iran this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent are found and Thailand, where 2 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 Laoa
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