Lawa Surname
Approximately 16,102 people bear this surname
Lawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 3,318 | 1:39,858 | 4,615 |
| Niger | 2,780 | 1:6,904 | 573 |
| Philippines | 2,361 | 1:42,879 | 6,832 |
| Cameroon | 1,919 | 1:10,823 | 1,446 |
| Nigeria | 1,767 | 1:100,251 | 6,823 |
| Tanzania | 1,353 | 1:39,129 | 4,483 |
| Chad | 578 | 1:23,516 | 2,818 |
| Papua New Guinea | 493 | 1:16,539 | 1,641 |
| Benin | 468 | 1:22,085 | 2,959 |
| Thailand | 218 | 1:324,029 | 55,878 |
| DR Congo | 178 | 1:415,054 | 34,837 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Malaysia | 71 | 1:415,412 | 21,545 |
| India | 55 | 1:13,946,643 | 236,652 |
| Iraq | 52 | 1:673,493 | 9,953 |
| Netherlands | 51 | 1:331,121 | 38,060 |
| South Africa | 40 | 1:1,354,443 | 73,245 |
| Uganda | 36 | 1:1,084,424 | 45,587 |
| United States | 33 | 1:10,983,604 | 436,696 |
| Poland | 30 | 1:1,266,958 | 80,461 |
| Germany | 28 | 1:2,875,195 | 137,699 |
| Taiwan | 18 | 1:1,302,486 | 8,817 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Pakistan | 13 | 1:13,741,837 | 58,392 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| Burkina Faso | 10 | 1:1,835,210 | 14,348 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:442,076 | 21,198 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
| Nepal | 5 | 1:5,696,191 | 13,053 |
| Iran | 4 | 1:19,195,631 | 219,601 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Lawa (6,219) may also be a first name.
Lawa Demographics
Average Lawa Salary in
United States
$35,669 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Lawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lawa (Arabic: علوا, Oriya: ଲାୱା, Tibetan: གླ་ཝ།) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Lawa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 32,975th most frequently held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 452,586 people. Lawa occurs mostly in Africa, where 58 percent of Lawa reside; 42 percent reside in West Africa and 25 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 83,723rd most common forename world-wide. It is borne by 6,219 people.
This surname is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is carried by 3,318 people, or 1 in 39,858. In Indonesia Lawa is primarily concentrated in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 42 percent live, South Sulawesi, where 35 percent live and Southeast Sulawesi, where 4 percent live. Barring Indonesia this last name occurs in 55 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 17 percent live and The Philippines, where 15 percent live.
Lawa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Lawa has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lawa surname rose 330 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Lawa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Lawa surname is principally Muslim (86%) in Nigeria.
The amount Lawa earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 77.88% less than the national average, earning R 52,560 per year and in United States they earn 17.34% less than the national average, earning $35,669 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lawa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lawa in the Oriya language | ||
| ଲାୱା | lawa | 87.5 |
| ଲୱା | lawa | 7.5 |
| ଲାଓା | laoa | 2.5 |
| ଲୱ | lawa | 2.5 |
| Lawa in the Tibetan language | ||
| གླ་ཝ། | lawa | 66.67 |
| གླ་བ། | lawa | 16.67 |
| ལ་ཝ། | lawa | 16.67 |
| Lawa in the Arabic language | ||
| علوا | lwa | - |
| لوعا | lwa | - |
| لؤا | lwa | - |
| لوأ | lwa | - |
| لوا | lwa | - |
| لواء | lwa | - |
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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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Lawa
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