Lawaul Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Lawaul Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Lawaul Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lawaul Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lawaul is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Lawaul.
How Common Is The Last Name Lawaul? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,117,718th most frequently held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Lawaul live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria Lawaul is primarily found in: Sokoto, where 83 percent are found and Zamfara, where 17 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 14 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Lawaul
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