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) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Lawai.
How Common Is The Last Name Lawai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lawai is the 56,980th most commonly occurring family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 819,746 people. The surname Lawai occurs mostly in Asia, where 77 percent of Lawai live; 42 percent live in South Asia and 41 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Lawai is also the 137,918th most widespread given name on earth. It is borne by 2,798 people.
Lawai is most commonly used in India, where it is held by 3,697 people, or 1 in 207,483. In India Lawai is most prevalent in: Meghalaya, where 99 percent reside, Assam, where 0 percent reside and Jammu and Kashmir, where 0 percent reside. Outside of India Lawai is found in 18 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 27 percent reside and Nigeria, where 15 percent reside.
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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