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 last name Lawiya is found in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lawiya? popularity and diffusion
Lawiya is the 518,760th most commonly held last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 11,604,372 people. Lawiya is primarily found in Oceania, where 94 percent of Lawiya are found; 94 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 94 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Lawiya is also the 346,315th most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 584 people.
The surname is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is carried by 604 people, or 1 in 218,956. In Indonesia it is most numerous in: Papua, where 96 percent are found, Central Sulawesi, where 2 percent are found and South Sulawesi, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Indonesia Lawiya exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Lawiya
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