Lawsou Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Lawsou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lawsou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Lawsou Last Name Facts

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

Lawsou is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of Lawsou click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lawsou? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lawsou is the 10,311,814th most commonly held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Lawsou live; 33 percent live in Central Africa and 33 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon Lawsou is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 50 percent reside and Far North Region, where 50 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lawso9111/
Lawsos832/
Lawsoh832/
Lawsue831/
Lawsup831/
Lawsoy831/
Labso73240/
Lawsa738/
Lafso732/
Lawxu731/
Lowso731/
Lowsu730/
Lewso730/
Labzou67218/
Lawsha6763/
Hlawsa6720/
Lewszo6720/
Lafsoh6713/
Lobsou674/
Lavsus674/
Lawsay672/
Lawsey671/
Lowsod671/
Labsau671/
Lawsah671/

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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 Lawsou
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