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
Lapwa has its highest incidence in Uganda. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lapwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,034,050th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname Lapwa is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Lapwa live; 54 percent live in East Africa and 54 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The last name Lapwa is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 3,003,021. In Uganda Lapwa is mostly concentrated in: Agago District, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Uganda it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 42 percent reside and The Philippines, where 4 percent reside.
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
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