Lepawa Surname
Approximately 257 people bear this surname
Lepawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 255 | 1:81,447 | 9,959 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Lepawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lepawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lepawa is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lepawa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 996,001st most commonly occurring family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 28,356,210 people. The surname Lepawa is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Lepawa reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 98 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Lepawa is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 255 people, or 1 in 81,447. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Littoral Region, where 59 percent live, Centre Region, where 19 percent live and Northwest Region, where 10 percent live. Excluding Cameroon this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in France, where 0 percent live and Germany, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lepawah | 92 | 22 | / |
| Lepaswa | 92 | 2 | / |
| Lepheawa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lephaiwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lapawa | 83 | 110 | / |
| Lopawa | 83 | 19 | / |
| Lipawa | 83 | 10 | / |
| Lepowa | 83 | 4 | / |
| Lepawe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lepawo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lepaeva | 77 | 180 | / |
| Lapaewa | 77 | 9 | / |
| Lepawit | 77 | 2 | / |
| Lephewa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Liepava | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lepatva | 77 | 1 | / |
| Laipawat | 71 | 8 | / |
| Lapava | 67 | 523 | / |
| Lipawo | 67 | 157 | / |
| Lipawe | 67 | 105 | / |
| Lipowa | 67 | 82 | / |
| Lopowa | 67 | 81 | / |
| Lipewa | 67 | 77 | / |
| Lepova | 67 | 73 | / |
| Lipava | 67 | 10 | / |
| Lepoba | 67 | 6 | / |
| Lipawi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lepave | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lopewa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lapowa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lepowe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lepavi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lepowo | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Lepawa
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