Lauwali Surname
Approximately 40,924 people bear this surname
Lauwali Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 40,922 | 1:4,329 | 580 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Lauwali (27,810) may also be a first name.
Lauwali Demographics
Lauwali Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Lauwali Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lauwali Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lauwali occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lauwali? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lauwali is the 13,640th most commonly occurring surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 178,075 people. The surname Lauwali is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lauwali reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Lauwali is also the 29,536th most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 27,810 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 40,922 people, or 1 in 4,329. In Nigeria Lauwali is primarily concentrated in: Zamfara, where 65 percent live, Sokoto, where 19 percent live and Kebbi, where 5 percent live. Other than Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 0 percent live and Niger, where 0 percent live.
Lauwali Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Muslim (99%) in Nigeria.
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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 Lauwali
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