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
Lawuyi is found most in Nigeria. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lawuyi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,133,308th most commonly occurring surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 34,213,831 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Lawuyi are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 83 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Lawuyi is also the 2,900,335th most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 15 people.
It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 176 people, or 1 in 1,006,493. In Nigeria it is most common in: Oyo, where 22 percent reside, Lagos, where 20 percent reside and Osun, where 20 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 12 percent reside and Canada, where 3 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 Lawuyi
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