Lawer Surname
Approximately 7,973 people bear this surname
Lawer Surname Definition:
Lawere is given in the Prompt. Parv. as the equivalent of a legist, jurist, lawyer, or scribe.
Lawer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 6,165 | 1:4,383 | 630 |
| Egypt | 549 | 1:167,460 | 12,562 |
| United States | 335 | 1:1,081,967 | 78,689 |
| England | 214 | 1:260,365 | 20,793 |
| Poland | 160 | 1:237,555 | 30,437 |
| Australia | 136 | 1:198,498 | 19,506 |
| Indonesia | 118 | 1:1,120,756 | 80,521 |
| Pakistan | 33 | 1:5,413,451 | 34,034 |
| Nigeria | 31 | 1:5,714,283 | 142,531 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Canada | 18 | 1:2,046,977 | 128,463 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Germany | 15 | 1:5,367,031 | 196,901 |
| Mauritania | 13 | 1:314,989 | 13,616 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Russia | 11 | 1:13,102,096 | 377,010 |
| Wales | 11 | 1:281,321 | 15,850 |
| Solomon Islands | 10 | 1:58,003 | 11,702 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,107,467 | 26,093 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 118 | 1:206,571 | 16,235 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 187 | 1:268,549 | 21,901 |
Lawer (1,424) may also be a first name.
Lawer Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Lawere is given in the Prompt. Parv. as the equivalent of a legist, jurist, lawyer, or scribe.
Lawer Demographics
Lawer Political Affiliation
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Lawer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lawer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lawer (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻌﻮﺭ, Marathi: लावेर) is found most frequently in Ghana. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lawer? popularity and diffusion
Lawer is the 62,900th most numerous family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 914,028 people. The surname Lawer is mostly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Lawer are found; 78 percent are found in West Africa and 78 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 206,824th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 1,424 people.
The surname Lawer is most frequent in Ghana, where it is held by 6,165 people, or 1 in 4,383. Barring Ghana this last name occurs in 59 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 7 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.
Lawer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Lawer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Lawer surname increased 179 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 181 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 75 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Lawer Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Lawer last name are 18.6% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 71.83% registered with the political party.
The amount Lawer earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 9.88% more than the national average, earning $47,413 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.75% more than the national average, earning $56,019 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lawer Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lawer in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﻌﻮﺭ | lwr | - |
| Lawer in the Marathi language | ||
| लावेर | lavera | - |
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