Lawisa Surname
Approximately 1,660 people bear this surname
Lawisa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,616 | 1:109,618 | 7,322 |
| Indonesia | 44 | 1:3,005,664 | 168,399 |
Lawisa (6,961) may also be a first name.
Lawisa Demographics
Lawisa Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Lawisa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lawisa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lawisa is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lawisa? popularity and diffusion
Lawisa is the 240,883rd most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 4,390,088 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Lawisa are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Lawisa is also the 77,860th most numerous first name worldwide, held by 6,961 people.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,616 people, or 1 in 109,618. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Katsina, where 92 percent reside, Zamfara, where 3 percent reside and Jigawa, where 2 percent reside. Beside Nigeria Lawisa exists in one country. It is also found in Indonesia, where 3 percent reside.
Lawisa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.
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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 Lawisa
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