Lawat Surname
Approximately 679 people bear this surname
Lawat Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 396 | 1:255,652 | 38,046 |
| Malaysia | 129 | 1:228,637 | 13,135 |
| Indonesia | 41 | 1:3,225,590 | 176,839 |
| India | 36 | 1:21,307,372 | 304,812 |
| Papua New Guinea | 25 | 1:326,149 | 43,617 |
| Thailand | 14 | 1:5,045,596 | 363,835 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Nepal | 3 | 1:9,493,652 | 16,132 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Lawat (119) may also be a first name.
Lawat Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lawat Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lawat (Arabic: علاوة, Hindi: लवट, Marathi: लावत) is more frequently found in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lawat? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lawat is the 488,458th most commonly occurring last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 10,732,763 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 91 percent of Lawat are found; 85 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 58 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. Lawat is also the 856,040th most prevalent first name on earth, held by 119 people.
This last name is most prevalent in The Philippines, where it is carried by 396 people, or 1 in 255,652. In The Philippines it is most prevalent in: Central Visayas, where 39 percent live, Davao Region, where 14 percent live and Northern Mindanao, where 11 percent live. Excluding The Philippines it occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 19 percent live and Indonesia, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lawat Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lawat in the Hindi language | ||
| लवट | lavata | - |
| Lawat in the Marathi language | ||
| लावत | lavata | 75 |
| लवत | lavata | 25 |
| Lawat in the Arabic language | ||
| علاوة | lawt | - |
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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 Lawat
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