Laouwal Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Laouwal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Laouwal Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon761:273,27726,204
Niger61:3,198,67054,540

Laouwal (114) may also be a first name.

Laouwal Last Name Facts

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

Laouwal occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Laouwal.

How Common Is The Last Name Laouwal? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,075,631st most commonly occurring surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Laouwal live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 65 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 877,214th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 114 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 76 people, or 1 in 273,277. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 86 percent live, North Region, where 12 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 3 percent live. Besides Cameroon it exists in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Laouwale931/
Laowal9212/
Laouwol862/
Laowale861/
Laooual861/
Lauawal861/
Laoubeal801/
Loawal777/
Laoubol7119/
Louobal714/
Loaswal711/
Loawale711/
Lohawale671/
Lauabeall631/
Laeyawale631/
Laobol622/
Lohaval5711/
Loawole576/
Lohobal571/
Lohavale538/
Laijaval533/
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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 Laouwal
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