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 held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lwal? popularity and diffusion
It is the 186,108th most widely held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 3,201,909 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lwal reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 840,349th most numerous first name on earth. It is borne by 123 people.
Lwal is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2,224 people, or 1 in 79,651. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Katsina, where 89 percent are found, Kaduna, where 2 percent are found and Kano, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria Lwal occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in South Sudan, where 1 percent are found and Kenya, where 1 percent are found.
Lwal Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally 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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