Lawals Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Lawals Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Lawals Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lawals Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lawals is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lawals? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,057,639th most frequent family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname Lawals occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Lawals reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 87 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 13,626,366. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Ogun, where 46 percent live, Ekiti, where 38 percent live and Kaduna, where 8 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 7 percent live and Niger, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liawals | 92 | 1 | / |
| Lawales | 92 | 1 | / |
| Labals | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lavals | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lewals | 83 | 1 | / |
| Labails | 77 | 70 | / |
| Lavales | 77 | 26 | / |
| Labales | 77 | 2 | / |
| Lavalls | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lavalles | 71 | 8 | / |
| Lewaless | 71 | 2 | / |
| Lewalles | 71 | 0 | / |
| Lowels | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lawelless | 67 | 0 | / |
| Lavels | 67 | 0 | / |
| Lowells | 62 | 26 | / |
| Leavels | 62 | 5 | / |
| Lavalez | 62 | 4 | / |
| Lavaulx | 62 | 2 | / |
| Lavalce | 62 | 1 | / |
| Lavells | 62 | 0 | / |
| Laveles | 62 | 0 | / |
| Lavallez | 57 | 69 | / |
| Leavells | 57 | 23 | / |
| Llaveles | 57 | 5 | / |
| Laveless | 57 | 3 | / |
| Lovalles | 57 | 1 | / |
| Hlowells | 57 | 1 | / |
| Levalles | 57 | 1 | / |
| Lavallce | 57 | 1 | / |
| Llavelles | 53 | 10 | / |
| Leavelles | 53 | 8 | / |
| Levels | 50 | 1,067 | / |
| Lovels | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Lawals
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis