Lawala Surname
Approximately 1,384 people bear this surname
Lawala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,060 | 1:49,945 | 5,549 |
| Nigeria | 120 | 1:1,476,190 | 56,575 |
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| Niger | 60 | 1:319,867 | 9,444 |
| Indonesia | 47 | 1:2,813,813 | 160,835 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Lawala (104) may also be a first name.
Lawala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lawala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lawala is found most in Tanzania. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lawala? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 279,323rd most widely held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 5,265,568 people. The surname Lawala occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Lawala live; 77 percent live in East Africa and 77 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 925,156th most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 104 people.
The surname Lawala is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,060 people, or 1 in 49,945. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Manyara Region, where 78 percent live, Arusha Region, where 21 percent live and Kilimanjaro Region, where 0 percent live. Apart from Tanzania this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 9 percent live and The DR Congo, where 6 percent live.
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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 Lawala
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