Lawou Surname
Approximately 84 people bear this surname
Lawou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 41 | 1:252,088 | 22,137 |
| Cameroon | 40 | 1:519,227 | 41,500 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Lawou (91) may also be a first name.
Lawou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lawou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lawou is more commonly found in Benin than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lawou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lawou is the 2,047,559th most common surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 86,756,499 people. Lawou is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lawou are found; 52 percent are found in West Africa and 49 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 998,282nd most prevalent first name globally. It is borne by 91 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Benin, where it is held by 41 people, or 1 in 252,088. In Benin it is most common in: Zou Department, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Benin Lawou exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 48 percent reside and Niger, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Lawou
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