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Where Does The Last Name Lawas Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Lawas (Arabic: لاوس, Marathi: लवास) is borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lawas? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname Lawas is the 48,880^th most widely held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 691,746 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Lawas are found; 93 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 90 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 291,086^th most frequently occurring given name world-wide, borne by 792 people.

Lawas is most common in The Philippines, where it is held by 9,568 people, or 1 in 10,581. In The Philippines it is most frequent in: Central Visayas, where 50 percent reside, Davao Region, where 11 percent reside and Calabarzon, where 9 percent reside. Excluding The Philippines Lawas occurs in 23 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Lawas Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Lawas has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lawas last name grew 2,029 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lawas Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Lawas surname are 17.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 64% registered to vote for the political party.

Lawas earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 25.29% more than the national average, earning $54,061 USD per year.