Lawma Surname

521,888th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 623 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Lawma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lawma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt5801:158,51012,069
India381:20,185,931296,209
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Lawma (650) may also be a first name.

Lawma Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lawma (Arabic: لوما, Bengali: লমা) is carried by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lawma? popularity and diffusion

Lawma is the 521,888th most commonly held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 11,697,505 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Lawma reside; 93 percent reside in North Africa and 93 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 325,842nd most frequent first name internationally, borne by 650 people.

The surname is most numerous in Egypt, where it is borne by 580 people, or 1 in 158,510. Aside from Egypt it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 6 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lawmah91122/
Lawmai911/
Lawmay911/
Lawmass831/
Lawmi809/
Labma803/
Lewma802/
Lowma802/
Lavma801/
Leabma739/
Liabma733/
Lewmay731/
Laiwmo731/
Lowmah731/
Lavmai731/
Louwma731/
Lowmat730/
Lawmme730/
Lowmass6742/
Leewmai671/
Liabmai671/
Lavmo604/
Labme603/
Lowme602/
Labmo601/
Labmi601/
Lavme601/
Lauvmo5514/
Labmee552/
Loubma551/
Lowmey551/
Lowmer550/
Leaveme501/
Laibmij501/

Lawma Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lawma in the Bengali language
লমাlama25
লৌমাlauma25
লামাlama25
লাওমাla'oma25
Lawma in the Arabic language
لوماlwma-

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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 Lawma
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