Lawyar Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Lawyar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Lawyar Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Lawyar Last Name Facts

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

Lawyar (Marathi: लॉयर) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Lawyar click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lawyar? popularity and diffusion

The last name Lawyar is the 6,360,413th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 44 percent of Lawyar live; 44 percent live in West Africa and 44 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Lawyar is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Lawyar is most common in: Bayelsa, where 25 percent are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 25 percent are found and Lagos, where 25 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 22 percent are found and Iran, where 11 percent are found.

Lawyar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Lawyar has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Lawyar last name contracted 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lawyor832/
Lawear831/
Labjar67170/
Lavear6723/
Lawior676/
Laviar675/
Labiar675/
Lowear671/
Lowhear620/
Laviare620/
Loveyear570/
Lavyorova5329/
Leviar505/
Lobjar502/
Lobiar502/
Labior501/
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Lawyar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lawyar in the Marathi language
लॉयरloyara-

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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 Lawyar
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