Laowo Surname

157,100th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,785 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Laowo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Laowo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia2,6501:49,9055,597
Thailand1341:527,15291,366
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Laowo Last Name Facts

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

Laowo is found most in Indonesia. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Laowo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 157,100th most commonly occurring family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,616,713 people. Laowo occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Laowo reside; 100 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 95 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

The surname Laowo is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 2,650 people, or 1 in 49,905. In Indonesia it is primarily concentrated in: North Sumatra, where 90 percent reside, West Java, where 7 percent reside and Jambi, where 2 percent reside. Besides Indonesia it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 5 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Liaowo911/
Laouwo911/
Laouwou831/
Laouwoi831/
Laowa8020/
Laobo808/
Laowat73144/
Laouwa7372/
Leaowa7314/
Laowad731/
Liaowa731/
Liaobo731/
Lahovuo6714/
Lahoova674/
Laoubou672/
Liaohuo671/
Loieuwo671/
Laouwwa671/
Lahouwa671/
Lahoová671/

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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 Laowo
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