Lawens Surname
Approximately 340 people bear this surname
Lawens Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 275 | 1:197,010 | 21,210 |
| United States | 49 | 1:7,397,121 | 336,459 |
| Germany | 16 | 1:5,031,591 | 189,895 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Lawens (67) may also be a first name.
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Lawens Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lawens Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lawens is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lawens? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 818,364th most frequently used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 21,433,959 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 81 percent of Lawens reside; 81 percent reside in Southern Africa and 81 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,191,548th most commonly occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 67 people.
This last name is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 275 people, or 1 in 197,010. In South Africa Lawens is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 66 percent reside, Western Cape, where 24 percent reside and Gauteng, where 3 percent reside. Aside from South Africa it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 14 percent reside and Germany, where 5 percent reside.
Lawens Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Lawens has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lawens surname increased 2,450 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Lawens Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Lawens surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Lawens earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 56.65% less than the national average, earning R 103,008 per year and in United States they earn 9.94% more than the national average, earning $47,438 USD per year.
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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 Lawens
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