Lawaw Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Lawaw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Lawaw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lawaw Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lawaw is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lawaw? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,213,395th most frequent last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Lawaw occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Lawaw reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Lawaw is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 14,761,896. In Nigeria Lawaw is most prevalent in: Gombe, where 92 percent are found and Borno, where 8 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Myanmar, where 7 percent are found and Niger, where 7 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 Lawaw
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