Lwal Surname
Approximately 2,276 people bear this surname
Lwal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,224 | 1:79,651 | 5,647 |
| South Sudan | 16 | 1:713,442 | 947 |
| Kenya | 15 | 1:3,078,660 | 38,128 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Lwal (123) may also be a first name.
Lwal Demographics
Lwal Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Lwal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lwal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lwal is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Lwal click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lwal? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 186,108th most widespread family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,201,909 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lwal reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Lwal is also the 840,349th most frequently held given name throughout the world, held by 123 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 2,224 people, or 1 in 79,651. In Nigeria it is most common in: Katsina, where 89 percent reside, Kaduna, where 2 percent reside and Kano, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria Lwal is found in 11 countries. It is also found in South Sudan, where 1 percent reside and Kenya, where 1 percent reside.
Lwal Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Lwal surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya and Muslim (95%) in Nigeria.
Lwal earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 11.86% less than the national average, earning $43,792 CAD per year.
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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 Lwal
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