Lihawa Surname

79,103rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,171 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Lihawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lihawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia4,1321:32,0063,765
Tanzania2,0291:26,0923,164
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Lihawa (21) may also be a first name.

Lihawa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lihawa occurs most in Indonesia. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Lihawa.

How Common Is The Last Name Lihawa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lihawa is the 79,103rd most widespread last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,180,934 people. Lihawa is primarily found in Asia, where 67 percent of Lihawa are found; 66 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 66 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Lihawa is also the 2,368,944th most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 21 people.

Lihawa is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is borne by 4,132 people, or 1 in 32,006. In Indonesia it is mostly found in: Gorontalo, where 65 percent live, North Sulawesi, where 18 percent live and Central Sulawesi, where 10 percent live. Outside of Indonesia this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 33 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lihaiwa92171/
Lihaba83177/
Lihava83145/
Lihawi8380/
Lyhawa8337/
Lijawa8328/
Lehawa832/
Lihowa831/
Liawah831/
Lehaiwa7773/
Lijawah7738/
Lehaewa773/
Lihoywa771/
Lihaeva771/
Lyawa73230/
Lihavi671,978/
Lihabi67410/
Lihova6725/
Lyhava6715/
Leaowa6714/
Lijava6710/
Lijawi676/
Lijawe674/
Lehava674/
Lihave673/
Lijaba671/
Lihavy671/
Lieava671/
Lihayuhay671/
Leawah671/

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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
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  • 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 Lihawa
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