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 more frequently found in Thailand than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lawang? popularity and diffusion
It is the 191,413th most numerous family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 3,309,512 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Lawang live; 91 percent live in Southeast Asia and 45 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Lawang is also the 218,571st most frequently occurring forename at a global level. It is borne by 1,297 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Thailand, where it is carried by 794 people, or 1 in 88,965. In Thailand it is most common in: Bangkok, where 53 percent live, Narathiwat Province, where 20 percent live and Phitsanulok Province, where 6 percent live. Apart from Thailand this surname exists in 18 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 30 percent live and Malaysia, where 16 percent live.
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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