Lawisan Surname

1,465,390th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 145 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Lawisan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lawisan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines1391:728,33372,844
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578

Lawisan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lawisan Come From? nationality or country of origin

Lawisan occurs most in The Philippines. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Lawisan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lawisan? popularity and diffusion

Lawisan is the 1,465,390th most numerous surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 50,258,937 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Lawisan live; 99 percent live in Southeast Asia and 84 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

The surname is most commonly occurring in The Philippines, where it is borne by 139 people, or 1 in 728,333. In The Philippines it is most common in: Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 83 percent live, Zamboanga Peninsula, where 14 percent live and Caraga, where 1 percent live. Aside from The Philippines it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 4 percent live.

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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
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  • 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 Lawisan
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