Lawum Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Lawum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Lawum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lawum Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lawum is most common in Cameroon. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lawum? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Lawum occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lawum are found; 60 percent are found in Central Africa and 60 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
Lawum is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon Lawum is primarily found in: Littoral Region, where 33 percent reside, Northwest Region, where 33 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 33 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 20 percent reside and Uganda, where 20 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawhum | 91 | 3 | / |
| Lawoume | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lowum | 80 | 33 | / |
| Lawun | 80 | 26 | / |
| Labum | 80 | 24 | / |
| Lawom | 80 | 10 | / |
| Lawhun | 73 | 501 | / |
| Laboum | 73 | 163 | / |
| Lawgun | 73 | 39 | / |
| Labaum | 73 | 24 | / |
| Lawoun | 73 | 2 | / |
| Lawhom | 73 | 2 | / |
| Hlavum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lahbum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Leawom | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lawuhn | 73 | 1 | / |
| Laybum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lawuung | 67 | 4 | / |
| Leuvaum | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lhauvum | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lawaung | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lawoung | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lawhoun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lavaume | 67 | 1 | / |
| Liawhun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leybaum | 67 | 0 | / |
| Lawhuin | 67 | 0 | / |
| Layboum | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Lawum
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