Lawai Surname
Approximately 8,890 people bear this surname
Lawai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 3,697 | 1:207,483 | 12,396 |
| Malaysia | 2,404 | 1:12,269 | 1,300 |
| Nigeria | 1,330 | 1:133,190 | 8,634 |
| Indonesia | 731 | 1:180,915 | 17,424 |
| Papua New Guinea | 328 | 1:24,859 | 2,752 |
| Niger | 242 | 1:79,306 | 3,453 |
| Cameroon | 71 | 1:292,522 | 27,501 |
| Thailand | 25 | 1:2,825,534 | 284,782 |
| Hungary | 12 | 1:818,023 | 42,199 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 1:19,849,321 | 72,658 |
| Austria | 9 | 1:946,159 | 70,786 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Lawai (2,798) may also be a first name.
Lawai Demographics
Average Lawai Salary in
United States
$44,550 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Lawai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lawai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lawai (Hindi: लवाई) is found most in India. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Lawai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lawai? popularity and diffusion
Lawai is the 56,980th most commonly held last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 819,746 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 77 percent of Lawai reside; 42 percent reside in South Asia and 41 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 137,918th most widely held given name world-wide It is held by 2,798 people.
Lawai is most prevalent in India, where it is borne by 3,697 people, or 1 in 207,483. In India it is most numerous in: Meghalaya, where 99 percent are found, Assam, where 0 percent are found and Jammu and Kashmir, where 0 percent are found. Excluding India this surname is found in 18 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 27 percent are found and Nigeria, where 15 percent are found.
Lawai Last Name Statistics demography
Lawai earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.25% more than the national average, earning $44,550 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lawai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lawai in the Hindi language | ||
| लवाई | lava'i | - |
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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 Lawai
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