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 surname Lawat (Arabic: علاوة, Hindi: लवट, Marathi: लावत) is held by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Lawat click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lawat? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lawat is the 488,458th most commonly occurring family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 10,732,763 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 91 percent of Lawat live; 85 percent live in Southeast Asia and 58 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. Lawat is also the 856,040th most frequently held first name internationally, held by 119 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in The Philippines, where it is borne by 396 people, or 1 in 255,652. In The Philippines Lawat is most common in: Central Visayas, where 39 percent reside, Davao Region, where 14 percent reside and Northern Mindanao, where 11 percent reside. Other than The Philippines Lawat occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 19 percent reside and Indonesia, where 6 percent reside.
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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