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
The last name Lawisa is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lawisa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 240,883rd most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 4,390,088 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Lawisa live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 77,860th most widely held given name internationally. It is borne by 6,961 people.
The last name Lawisa is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,616 people, or 1 in 109,618. In Nigeria Lawisa is primarily concentrated in: Katsina, where 92 percent are found, Zamfara, where 3 percent are found and Jigawa, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 3 percent are found.
Lawisa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Lawisa surname is principally 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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