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 is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lawalia? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lawalia is the 3,602,217th most widespread family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname Lawalia is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lawalia reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Lawalia is also the 1,484,914th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 46 people.
The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 6,326,527. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Zamfara, where 93 percent are found, Niger, where 4 percent are found and Yobe, where 4 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it is found in one country. It also occurs in Niger, where 7 percent are found.
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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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