Lawalia Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Lawalia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
Lawalia (46) may also be a first name.
Lawalia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lawalia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lawalia occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Lawalia.
How Common Is The Last Name Lawalia? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,602,217th most frequently used surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname Lawalia is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lawalia are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,484,914th most numerous forename globally, held by 46 people.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 6,326,527. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Zamfara, where 93 percent live, Niger, where 4 percent live and Yobe, where 4 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Niger, where 7 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 Lawalia
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