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
Lawel (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻻﻭﻳﻞ) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Lawel click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lawel? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lawel is the 988,329th most common surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 28,029,023 people. The last name Lawel occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Lawel live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Lawel is also the 299,703rd most frequent given name globally, borne by 752 people.
Lawel is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 147 people, or 1 in 1,205,053. In Nigeria it is most common in: Lagos, where 20 percent are found, Niger, where 12 percent are found and Delta, where 7 percent are found. Beside Nigeria Lawel exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 37 percent are found and France, where 3 percent are found.
Lawel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Lawel has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Lawel surname decreased 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Lawel Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Lawel surname is primarily 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
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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 Lawel
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