Law-Wai Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Law-Wai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 31 | 1:2,142,668 | 174,004 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Law-Waï (3) are calculated separately.
Law-Wai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Law-Wai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Law-Wai is borne by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can also occur as: Law-Waï. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Law-Wai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,228,735th most widely held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Law-Wai live; 84 percent live in East Africa and 84 percent live in Gallo-Indian Ocean.
The surname Law-Wai is most commonly occurring in France, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 2,142,668. In France it is most common in: Réunion, where 100 percent reside. Aside from France this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 5 percent reside and Australia, where 3 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
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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
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