Lawei Surname
Approximately 1,009 people bear this surname
Lawei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 896 | 1:59,087 | 6,365 |
| Malaysia | 50 | 1:589,884 | 28,692 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Liberia | 15 | 1:293,902 | 16,977 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Iran | 9 | 1:8,531,392 | 160,212 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
Lawei (276) may also be a first name.
Lawei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lawei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lawei occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lawei? popularity and diffusion
It is the 359,182nd most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 7,222,543 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Lawei live; 89 percent live in East Africa and 89 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Lawei is also the 534,713th most frequently held given name internationally, borne by 276 people.
The surname Lawei is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 896 people, or 1 in 59,087. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Manyara Region, where 74 percent are found, Arusha Region, where 25 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 1 percent are found. Not including Tanzania this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 5 percent are found and Nigeria, where 2 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 Lawei
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