Abouwa Surname
Approximately 67 people bear this surname
Abouwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 38 | 1:505,053 | 13,208 |
| Cameroon | 27 | 1:769,225 | 54,005 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Abouwa (83) may also be a first name.
Abouwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abouwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Abouwa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﺑﻮﺍ) is most common in Niger. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Abouwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abouwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Abouwa is the 2,333,370th most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 108,769,342 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Abouwa are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 81 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Abouwa is also the 1,052,971st most numerous first name on earth, borne by 83 people.
This last name is most frequent in Niger, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 505,053. In Niger Abouwa is mostly found in: Tahoua Region, where 74 percent are found, Maradi Region, where 18 percent are found and Agadez Region, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Niger Abouwa occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 40 percent are found and Benin, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Abouwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Abouwa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﺑﻮﺍ | abwa | - |
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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 Abouwa
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