Lawang Surname
Approximately 2,202 people bear this surname
Lawang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 794 | 1:88,965 | 12,357 |
| Indonesia | 651 | 1:203,148 | 19,215 |
| Malaysia | 351 | 1:84,029 | 5,893 |
| Philippines | 214 | 1:473,076 | 56,884 |
| India | 62 | 1:12,372,022 | 220,417 |
| Cameroon | 55 | 1:377,619 | 33,137 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Australia | 15 | 1:1,799,713 | 85,184 |
| Pakistan | 12 | 1:14,886,990 | 61,272 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Lawang (1,297) may also be a first name.
Lawang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lawang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lawang (Hindi: लावांग, Tibetan: ལྷ་དབང་) is carried by more people in Thailand than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Lawang click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lawang? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 191,413th most frequent last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 3,309,512 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Lawang live; 91 percent live in Southeast Asia and 45 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 218,571st most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 1,297 people.
Lawang is most commonly held in Thailand, where it is borne by 794 people, or 1 in 88,965. In Thailand Lawang is most numerous in: Bangkok, where 53 percent reside, Narathiwat Province, where 20 percent reside and Phitsanulok Province, where 6 percent reside. Outside of Thailand this last name is found in 18 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 30 percent reside and Malaysia, where 16 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lawang Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lawang in the Tibetan language | ||
| ལྷ་དབང་ | lhawang | 66.67 |
| ལ་དབང་ | lawang | 22.22 |
| ལ་དབང་། | lawang | 11.11 |
| Lawang in the Hindi language | ||
| लावांग | lavanga | 50 |
| लवंग | lavanga | 50 |
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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 Lawang
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