Lawis Surname
Approximately 1,290 people bear this surname
Lawis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 1,126 | 1:89,910 | 15,674 |
| United States | 43 | 1:8,429,278 | 367,833 |
| Malaysia | 28 | 1:1,053,365 | 46,873 |
| England | 24 | 1:2,321,586 | 86,519 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| Liberia | 10 | 1:440,854 | 21,753 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 20 | 1:1,218,768 | 44,985 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:623,869 | 16,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 20 | 1:2,510,934 | 119,518 |
Lawis (134) may also be a first name.
Lawis Demographics
Average Lawis Salary in
United States
$37,559 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Lawis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lawis Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lawis is more commonly found in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lawis? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 295,590th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 5,649,260 people. The surname Lawis is primarily found in Asia, where 90 percent of Lawis live; 90 percent live in Southeast Asia and 86 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. Lawis is also the 800,975th most common first name throughout the world. It is borne by 134 people.
This last name is most prevalent in The Philippines, where it is borne by 1,126 people, or 1 in 89,910. In The Philippines Lawis is most common in: Central Visayas, where 29 percent live, Calabarzon, where 25 percent live and Bicol, where 16 percent live. Outside of The Philippines this surname is found in 21 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent live and Malaysia, where 2 percent live.
Lawis Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Lawis has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 215 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 120 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it contracted 17 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Lawis Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Lawis surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 66.67% being registered with the political party.
The amount Lawis earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 12.96% less than the national average, earning $37,559 USD per year and in Canada they earn 33.69% less than the national average, earning $32,944 CAD 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 Lawis
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