Laweli Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Laweli Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 42 | 1:4,217,685 | 117,088 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Laweli (27) may also be a first name.
Laweli Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Laweli Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Laweli occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Laweli? popularity and diffusion
The last name Laweli is the 2,843,861st most commonly held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Laweli live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most common first name at a global level, held by 27 people.
The last name Laweli is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 4,217,685. In Nigeria Laweli is mostly concentrated in: Sokoto, where 76 percent reside, Zamfara, where 12 percent reside and Rivers, where 7 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent reside and Tanzania, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Laweli
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