Leaway Surname
Approximately 170 people bear this surname
Leaway Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 170 | 1:25,933 | 2,530 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Leaway (13) may also be a first name.
Leaway Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leaway Come From? nationality or country of origin
Leaway is found in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Leaway? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,321,499th most frequently held family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 42,867,917 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Leaway reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently used forename globally It is held by 13 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is borne by 170 people, or 1 in 25,933. In Liberia it is most numerous in: Nimba County, where 86 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 11 percent are found and Grand Kru County, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Leaway
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