Lawra Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Lawra Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lawra Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Lawra (343) may also be a first name.

Lawra Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lawra (Arabic: لوراء) occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lawra? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,532,898th most frequent surname globally, held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. Lawra occurs predominantly in Asia, where 47 percent of Lawra live; 26 percent live in East Africa and 21 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Lawra is also the 471,283rd most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 343 people.

The surname is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 24,386,566. Besides Ethiopia Lawra exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in India, where 21 percent reside and The Philippines, where 16 percent reside.

Lawra Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Lawra has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Lawra surname declined 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lawray9113/
Lawrea911/
Lawrah910/
Lawraya832/
Lauwraa832/
Labra8021,550/
Lawry804,280/
Lavra80876/
Lawro8066/
Lawre8047/
Lawri8035/
Lowra801/
Lawrie7313,186/
Lawrey73882/
Lavrat73317/
Labrea73247/
Lavras73240/
Liabra73135/
Lavrač73104/
Llabra7391/
Labraa7355/
Labray7310/
Lowray739/
Laabra738/
Lavrad735/
Lgawri734/
Labrai733/
Lawrio733/
Laubra733/
Lavray733/
Labrêa733/
Lawhre732/
Lauwry732/
Labraj731/
Leabra731/
Lavrha731/
Lauwre731/
Lawruy731/
Lawhri731/
Lavrea731/
Lawrei731/
Lowras731/
Lowrad731/
Lawreu730/
Lawrge730/
Lawrry730/
Lawree730/
Lawroy730/
Lauvray67446/
Leawere67189/
Lavreha67143/
Labreau6750/
Lawrysh6728/
Lauwres6719/
Laubray676/
Lauwrys675/
Lavraud675/
Lawresz672/
Laywrie671/
Lawrich671/
Lawrisz671/
Lavrais671/
Lawrish670/
Lawretz670/

Lawra Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lawra in the Arabic language
لوراءlwra-

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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 Lawra
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