Lawalli Surname
Approximately 1,305 people bear this surname
Lawalli Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,291 | 1:137,214 | 8,850 |
| Niger | 12 | 1:1,599,335 | 32,126 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Lawalli (969) may also be a first name.
Lawalli Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lawalli Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lawalli is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lawalli? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 292,829th most widely held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 5,584,326 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lawalli are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Lawalli is also the 259,003rd most commonly used forename world-wide. It is borne by 969 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,291 people, or 1 in 137,214. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Zamfara, where 60 percent are found, Sokoto, where 20 percent are found and Gombe, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 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 Lawalli
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