Abiawa Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Congo

Abiawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Abiawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria271:6,560,843154,927
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Congo11:4,989,09634,171

Abiawa (20) may also be a first name.

Abiawa Last Name Facts

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

Abiawa has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Abiawa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,665,662nd most frequently used last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Abiawa are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 20 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria Abiawa is most frequent in: Nasarawa, where 44 percent reside, Akwa Ibom, where 26 percent reside and Benue, where 26 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 3 percent reside and The Congo, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Abiawah921/
Abijawa921/
Abiawi832,079/
Abiaba83222/
Abiawo8332/
Obiawa8320/
Abiawe8311/
Abiowa833/
Aviawa831/
Habiaba7715/
Abiabah772/
Ahbiaba771/
Abiaavi771/
Habiabah713/
Abiabi67165/
Abyaba67137/
Abiavi6755/
Obiava6737/
Objawa6716/
Obiowa6712/
Oviawa6711/
Abiabo6710/
Abiowo679/
Obiaba678/
Obiawe677/
Abyawy674/
Abioba674/
Abiabe672/
Abiova672/
Abiowy671/
Abiowe671/
Aviawe671/
Abyawo671/
Ebiawo671/

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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 Abiawa
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis