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
Lawaj (Arabic: لواج, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻌﻮﺝ) is more commonly found in Lebanon than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lawaj? popularity and diffusion
Lawaj is the 4,532,898th most common surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. Lawaj is primarily found in Asia, where 58 percent of Lawaj reside; 58 percent reside in West Asia and 53 percent reside in Levant.
The surname Lawaj is most commonly used in Lebanon, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 626,343. In Lebanon Lawaj is mostly found in: Beirut Governorate, where 67 percent live, Mount Lebanon Governorate, where 11 percent live and North Governorate, where 11 percent live. Aside from Lebanon this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 37 percent live and England, where 5 percent live.
Lawaj Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Lawaj surname is primarily 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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