Lawuyi Surname
Approximately 213 people bear this surname
Lawuyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 176 | 1:1,006,493 | 42,496 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Lawuyi (15) may also be a first name.
Lawuyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lawuyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lawuyi occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lawuyi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,133,308th most widely held last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 34,213,831 people. The surname Lawuyi is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Lawuyi live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 15 people.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 176 people, or 1 in 1,006,493. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Oyo, where 22 percent live, Lagos, where 20 percent live and Osun, where 20 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 12 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.
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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 Lawuyi
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