Lawali Surname
Approximately 211,243 people bear this surname
Lawali Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 149,814 | 1:1,182 | 152 |
| Niger | 60,909 | 1:315 | 58 |
| Cameroon | 196 | 1:105,965 | 12,437 |
| Benin | 158 | 1:65,415 | 7,986 |
| Indonesia | 76 | 1:1,740,121 | 112,888 |
| Iran | 42 | 1:1,828,155 | 67,506 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Lawali (162,874) may also be a first name.
Lawali Demographics
Lawali Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Lawali Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lawali Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lawali (Hindi: लवली) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lawali? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,634th most prevalent surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 34,498 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lawali live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 6,462nd most frequently held forename internationally, borne by 162,874 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 149,814 people, or 1 in 1,182. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Zamfara, where 65 percent reside, Sokoto, where 16 percent reside and Kebbi, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria Lawali is found in 21 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 29 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.
Lawali Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Lawali surname is principally Muslim (98%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lawali Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lawali in the Hindi language | ||
| लवली | lavali | - |
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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 Lawali
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