Lawel Surname
Approximately 260 people bear this surname
Lawel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 147 | 1:1,205,053 | 48,659 |
| Niger | 96 | 1:199,917 | 6,754 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Lawel (752) may also be a first name.
Lawel Demographics
Lawel Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Lawel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lawel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lawel (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻻﻭﻳﻞ) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lawel? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 988,329th most frequently occurring family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 28,029,023 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Lawel reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 57 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Lawel is also the 299,703rd most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 752 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 147 people, or 1 in 1,205,053. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Lagos, where 20 percent live, Niger, where 12 percent live and Delta, where 7 percent live. Other than Nigeria it is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 37 percent live and France, where 3 percent live.
Lawel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Lawel has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lawel last name contracted 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Lawel Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lawel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lawel in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻻﻭﻳﻞ | lawyl | 33.33 |
| ﻻﻭﻝ | lawl | 33.33 |
| ﻻﻭﺍﻝ | lawal | 33.33 |
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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 Lawel
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