Lawak Surname
Approximately 334 people bear this surname
Lawak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 187 | 1:289,720 | 28,200 |
| Indonesia | 122 | 1:1,084,010 | 78,297 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
Lawak (67) may also be a first name.
Lawak Demographics
Average Lawak Salary in
South Africa
R 120,360
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Lawak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lawak Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lawak is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lawak? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 828,895th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 21,819,000 people. The last name Lawak is primarily found in Africa, where 58 percent of Lawak live; 56 percent live in Southern Africa and 56 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Lawak is also the 1,191,548th most numerous given name internationally, borne by 67 people.
The surname is most common in South Africa, where it is borne by 187 people, or 1 in 289,720. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Western Cape, where 28 percent are found, Northern Cape, where 25 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 15 percent are found. Not including South Africa this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 37 percent are found and Malaysia, where 3 percent are found.
Lawak Last Name Statistics demography
Lawak earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 49.35% less than the national average, earning R 120,360 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawack | 91 | 290 | / |
| Lawake | 91 | 39 | / |
| Lawaak | 91 | 3 | / |
| Lahwak | 91 | 2 | / |
| Lawag | 80 | 1,954 | / |
| Lowak | 80 | 524 | / |
| Lewak | 80 | 417 | / |
| Lavak | 80 | 33 | / |
| Lawaq | 80 | 24 | / |
| Lawok | 80 | 3 | / |
| Lewack | 73 | 455 | / |
| Lowack | 73 | 447 | / |
| Loewak | 73 | 320 | / |
| Lavack | 73 | 287 | / |
| Lavake | 73 | 206 | / |
| Hlavak | 73 | 61 | / |
| Laabak | 73 | 45 | / |
| Lewaak | 73 | 34 | / |
| Lowake | 73 | 25 | / |
| Labakh | 73 | 6 | / |
| Hlawac | 73 | 3 | / |
| Labayk | 73 | 2 | / |
| Latvak | 73 | 2 | / |
| Lavaik | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lawhok | 73 | 1 | / |
| Laubak | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lowaik | 73 | 1 | / |
| Labakk | 73 | 1 | / |
| Labaak | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lawock | 73 | 1 | / |
| Leiwak | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lowuak | 73 | 1 | / |
| Levaak | 73 | 1 | / |
| Laybak | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lavayk | 73 | 0 | / |
| Liabakh | 67 | 903 | / |
| Laubakh | 67 | 242 | / |
| Lyabakh | 67 | 169 | / |
| Lauback | 67 | 112 | / |
| Lawague | 67 | 55 | / |
| Leaback | 67 | 49 | / |
| Laaback | 67 | 11 | / |
| Laiback | 67 | 9 | / |
| Lavhake | 67 | 8 | / |
| Liabakk | 67 | 6 | / |
| Lahbaak | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lahwaiq | 67 | 1 | / |
| Laabakk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leavack | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Lawak
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