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
Laoa occurs most in Iran. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Laoa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,244,200th most prevalent family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 39,180,354 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 87 percent of Laoa live; 84 percent live in South Asia and 84 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 2,136,160th most common first name in the world, borne by 25 people.
Laoa is most numerous in Iran, where it is held by 157 people, or 1 in 489,061. In Iran it is most prevalent in: West Azerbaijan Province, where 94 percent are found and Tehran Province, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account Iran this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs 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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