Lawar Surname
Approximately 812 people bear this surname
Lawar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal | 423 | 1:67,331 | 1,727 |
| Indonesia | 170 | 1:777,936 | 59,310 |
| Mauritania | 60 | 1:68,248 | 4,675 |
| India | 55 | 1:13,946,643 | 236,652 |
| Afghanistan | 33 | 1:974,339 | 9,366 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Liberia | 16 | 1:275,533 | 16,331 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
The alternate forms: Lâwar (8) are calculated separately.
Lawar (166) may also be a first name.
Lawar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lawar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lawar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻌﻮﺭ, Marathi: लावर) occurs in Nepal more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Lâwar. Click here for further possible spellings of Lawar.
How Common Is The Last Name Lawar? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lawar is the 425,776th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 8,974,810 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 85 percent of Lawar live; 63 percent live in South Asia and 59 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 710,504th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 166 people.
The surname is most numerous in Nepal, where it is carried by 423 people, or 1 in 67,331. In Nepal Lawar is most frequent in: Seti, where 98 percent reside, Karnali, where 1 percent reside and Mahakali, where 0 percent reside. Aside from Nepal Lawar is found in 17 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 21 percent reside and Mauritania, where 7 percent reside.
Lawar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Lawar has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Lawar surname rose 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lawar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lawar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﻌﻮﺭ | lwr | 95.83 |
| ﻟﻌﻮﺍﺭ | lwar | 4.17 |
| Lawar in the Marathi language | ||
| लावर | lavara | 88 |
| लवार | lavara | 8 |
| लवाराज | lavaraja | 4 |
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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 Lawar
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