Laoual Surname

963,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 270 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Niger
Highest density in:
Niger

Laoual Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Laoual Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Niger2401:79,9673,475
Cameroon171:1,221,71073,195
France81:8,302,840321,660
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

Laoual (348) may also be a first name.

Laoual Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Laoual Come From? nationality or country of origin

Laoual is found most in Niger. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Laoual click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Laoual? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 963,821st most prevalent surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 26,990,911 people. The last name Laoual occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Laoual are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 467,354th most common first name internationally It is held by 348 people.

The last name Laoual is most prevalent in Niger, where it is held by 240 people, or 1 in 79,967. In Niger Laoual is mostly concentrated in: Zinder Region, where 20 percent are found, Maradi Region, where 18 percent are found and Tahoua Region, where 18 percent are found. Other than Niger this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 6 percent are found and France, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lahoual928,081/
Laouale9210/
Laouail923/
Laoal911/
Lahouale863/
Lahoal831/
Lahoaul771/
Loaole671/
Lasoujeole631/
Layiaol621/

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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 Laoual
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