Lawason Surname

1,701,480th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 115 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Lawason Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lawason Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria831:2,134,25073,634
Malaysia211:1,404,48759,312
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Lawason (19) may also be a first name.

Lawason Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lawason is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lawason? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,701,480th most numerous last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 63,369,964 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Lawason live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 74 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 19 people.

Lawason is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 83 people, or 1 in 2,134,250. In Nigeria Lawason is mostly found in: Lagos, where 36 percent are found, Osun, where 23 percent are found and Ogun, where 19 percent are found. Other than Nigeria Lawason exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 18 percent are found and Tanzania, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lawaison931/
Lawasan8610/
Labason866/
Lawoson861/
Lavason860/
Lawasane803/
Labeason801/
Lawosson801/
Lawosone801/
Lowasson801/
Lavayson801/
Laweison800/
Lawousson752/
Lawossone751/
Lawassuin751/
Labasan715,325/
Labasen71132/
Laboson7130/
Lavasan7123/
Lowasan712/
Lavoson711/
Lavasun711/
Lovaasen67100/
Labausan671/
Lavaasan671/
Hlavacon671/
Loweison671/
Lovasson670/

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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 Lawason
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