Lawiya Surname
Approximately 628 people bear this surname
Lawiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 604 | 1:218,956 | 20,476 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Lawiya (584) may also be a first name.
Lawiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lawiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lawiya occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lawiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 518,760th most widespread family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,604,372 people. It is mostly found in Oceania, where 94 percent of Lawiya live; 94 percent live in Oceania Islands and 94 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Lawiya is also the 346,315th most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 584 people.
The surname Lawiya is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is held by 604 people, or 1 in 218,956. In Indonesia Lawiya is primarily found in: Papua, where 96 percent live, Central Sulawesi, where 2 percent live and South Sulawesi, where 2 percent live. Other than Indonesia this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 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 Lawiya
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