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
The surname Lawali (Hindi: लवली) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Lawali.
How Common Is The Last Name Lawali? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,634th most frequently held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 34,498 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lawali are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 71 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 6,462nd most commonly occurring forename internationally. It is borne by 162,874 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 149,814 people, or 1 in 1,182. In Nigeria Lawali is primarily concentrated in: Zamfara, where 65 percent reside, Sokoto, where 16 percent reside and Kebbi, where 7 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it occurs in 21 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 29 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.
Lawali Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly 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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