Laouej Surname
Approximately 381 people bear this surname
Laouej Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 307 | 1:112,300 | 19,480 |
| France | 67 | 1:991,384 | 111,008 |
| Mauritania | 5 | 1:818,973 | 23,459 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Laouej Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Laouej Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Laouej (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻌﻮﺝ) is borne by more people in Morocco than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Laouej? popularity and diffusion
The last name Laouej is the 752,779th most widely held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,127,417 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Laouej live; 81 percent live in North Africa and 81 percent live in Mahgreb.
The surname Laouej is most numerous in Morocco, where it is carried by 307 people, or 1 in 112,300. Barring Morocco this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in France, where 18 percent reside and Mauritania, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Laouej Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Laouej in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﻌﻮﺝ | lwj | - |
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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 Laouej
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