Lauwai Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Lauwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 41 | 1:4,320,555 | 118,938 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
Lauwai (30) may also be a first name.
Lauwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lauwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lauwai is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lauwai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lauwai is the 2,909,720th most numerous family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Lauwai live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 30 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 4,320,555. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Zamfara, where 59 percent reside, Sokoto, where 34 percent reside and Lagos, where 7 percent reside. Besides Nigeria Lauwai exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 7 percent reside and Fiji, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Lauwai
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