Lawaj Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Lawaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon | 9 | 1:626,343 | 14,059 |
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Lawaj Demographics
Lawaj Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Lawaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lawaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lawaj (Arabic: لواج, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻌﻮﺝ) is more frequently found in Lebanon than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Lawaj.
How Common Is The Last Name Lawaj? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lawaj is the 4,532,898th most frequently held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname Lawaj occurs mostly in Asia, where 58 percent of Lawaj live; 58 percent live in West Asia and 53 percent live in Levant.
The last name Lawaj is most frequently used in Lebanon, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 626,343. In Lebanon Lawaj is mostly concentrated in: Beirut Governorate, where 67 percent live, Mount Lebanon Governorate, where 11 percent live and North Governorate, where 11 percent live. Excluding Lebanon it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 37 percent live and England, where 5 percent live.
Lawaj Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Lawaj last name is principally Latin Catholic (88%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lawaj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lawaj in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﻌﻮﺝ | lwj | - |
| Lawaj in the Arabic language | ||
| لواج | lwaj | - |
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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 Lawaj
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