Lapwa Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Lapwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Lapwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lapwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lapwa is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Lapwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lapwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,034,050th most common surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Lapwa live; 54 percent live in East Africa and 54 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
Lapwa is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 3,003,021. In Uganda Lapwa is most prevalent in: Agago District, where 100 percent are found. Not including Uganda Lapwa exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 42 percent are found and The Philippines, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liapwa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Lapwai | 91 | 1 | / |
| Lapway | 91 | 0 | / |
| Lapua | 80 | 561 | / |
| Labwa | 80 | 178 | / |
| Lapwi | 80 | 12 | / |
| Lopwa | 80 | 9 | / |
| Lepwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lompwa | 73 | 183 | / |
| Lapwet | 73 | 156 | / |
| Labwah | 73 | 106 | / |
| Lavway | 73 | 97 | / |
| Laupua | 73 | 34 | / |
| Liabwa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Lyapua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lampua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Laepua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Liapua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Labwas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lampwi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lappua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Labwwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lapwood | 67 | 360 | / |
| Lamphua | 67 | 198 | / |
| Lapwoch | 67 | 10 | / |
| Lapuhaa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Liapwij | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hlaepua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Liavwua | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Lapwa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis