Lawal Surname
Approximately 836,748 people bear this surname
Lawal Surname User-submission:
The Lawal surname is from the Saudi Arabian surname Awwal.
Lawal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 818,304 | 1:216 | 19 |
| Ghana | 5,472 | 1:4,938 | 689 |
| England | 3,173 | 1:17,560 | 2,527 |
| Sudan | 2,800 | 1:13,396 | 1,853 |
| Niger | 2,167 | 1:8,856 | 682 |
| United States | 1,681 | 1:215,621 | 20,999 |
| Saudi Arabia | 398 | 1:77,527 | 10,981 |
| Egypt | 366 | 1:251,191 | 17,305 |
| Cameroon | 306 | 1:67,873 | 8,556 |
| Benin | 286 | 1:36,138 | 4,671 |
| Mali | 258 | 1:65,771 | 1,556 |
| Canada | 227 | 1:162,315 | 16,369 |
| Ireland | 159 | 1:29,616 | 2,643 |
| Indonesia | 94 | 1:1,406,906 | 96,143 |
| South Africa | 93 | 1:582,556 | 44,854 |
| United Arab Emirates | 85 | 1:107,791 | 9,280 |
| Australia | 62 | 1:435,415 | 34,362 |
| Papua New Guinea | 56 | 1:145,602 | 20,089 |
| Scotland | 55 | 1:97,342 | 6,721 |
| Kuwait | 48 | 1:79,181 | 9,331 |
| Ivory Coast | 42 | 1:549,315 | 16,834 |
| Brazil | 41 | 1:5,221,325 | 132,593 |
| India | 39 | 1:19,668,343 | 291,059 |
| Poland | 37 | 1:1,027,263 | 72,414 |
| Germany | 35 | 1:2,300,156 | 119,987 |
| Guinea | 34 | 1:348,053 | 1,137 |
| Austria | 31 | 1:274,691 | 31,731 |
| Burkina Faso | 31 | 1:592,003 | 7,564 |
| Malaysia | 28 | 1:1,053,365 | 46,873 |
| Liberia | 28 | 1:157,448 | 11,209 |
| Netherlands | 24 | 1:703,632 | 56,027 |
| Belgium | 20 | 1:574,832 | 53,219 |
| Qatar | 19 | 1:124,105 | 14,725 |
| Sweden | 19 | 1:518,250 | 37,550 |
| Denmark | 17 | 1:332,042 | 23,714 |
| Gambia | 16 | 1:120,216 | 304 |
| Wales | 15 | 1:206,302 | 13,003 |
| Thailand | 14 | 1:5,045,596 | 363,835 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| China | 12 | 1:113,943,464 | 5,994 |
| Jamaica | 11 | 1:260,904 | 6,695 |
| Senegal | 9 | 1:1,619,927 | 4,107 |
| Sierra Leone | 9 | 1:787,737 | 678 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Finland | 8 | 1:687,088 | 36,047 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Namibia | 3 | 1:803,134 | 15,170 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Faroe Islands | 1 | 1:48,998 | 2,049 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
Lawal (392,786) may also be a first name.
Lawal Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Lawal surname is from the Saudi Arabian surname Awwal.
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Average Lawal Salary in
United States
$41,401 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Lawal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lawal Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lawal (Arabic: علوال, Hindi: लवाल) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Lawal.
How Common Is The Last Name Lawal? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lawal is the 649th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 8,709 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Lawal are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Lawal is also the 2,636th most frequently used first name world-wide It is held by 392,786 people.
Lawal is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 818,304 people, or 1 in 216. In Nigeria Lawal is most common in: Katsina, where 31 percent live, Lagos, where 11 percent live and Kaduna, where 10 percent live. Aside from Nigeria Lawal exists in 92 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Lawal Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Lawal last name is chiefly Muslim (84%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Lawal surname are 9.38% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 62.61% registered with the party.
The amount Lawal earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 50.73% more than the national average, earning R 358,200 per year; in United States they earn 4.05% less than the national average, earning $41,401 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.23% less than the national average, earning $45,596 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lawal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lawal in the Hindi language | ||
| लवाल | lavala | - |
| Lawal in the Arabic language | ||
| علوال | lwal | - |
| اوال | awal | - |
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