Lawanson Surname

219,166th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,867 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Lawanson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lawanson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,6001:110,7147,375
England1401:397,98627,485
United States1021:3,553,519199,004
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
France11:66,422,722504,397
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

Lawanson (102) may also be a first name.

Lawanson Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lawanson Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Lawanson is found most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Lawanson.

How Common Is The Last Name Lawanson? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 219,166th most commonly held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 3,903,345 people. Lawanson occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Lawanson are found; 86 percent are found in West Africa and 86 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 935,178th most common first name worldwide It is held by 102 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,600 people, or 1 in 110,714. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Lagos, where 43 percent reside, Osun, where 16 percent reside and Ogun, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria Lawanson is found in 13 countries. It is also found in England, where 7 percent reside and The United States, where 5 percent reside.

Lawanson Last Name Statistics demography

Lawanson earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 37.46% less than the national average, earning $26,985 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lawansan886/
Lawonson882/
Labansen7562/
Lavonson753/
Lobanson752/
Labanzon751/
Lovanson750/
Lavanjohn711/
Lawanchand670/
Lavanchan591/

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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
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  • 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 Lawanson
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