Abuwa Surname

338,461st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,087 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Abuwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Abuwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria8461:209,38912,454
Thailand1381:511,87289,138
DR Congo481:1,539,15886,567
Philippines171:5,955,190180,670
Uganda91:4,337,69899,715
England51:11,143,612252,590
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Abuwa (95) may also be a first name.

Abuwa Last Name Facts

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

Abuwa occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Abuwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 338,461st most common family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 6,704,274 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Abuwa live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Abuwa is also the 974,243rd most frequently held first name internationally. It is borne by 95 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 846 people, or 1 in 209,389. In Nigeria Abuwa is primarily found in: Abia, where 47 percent reside, Delta, where 13 percent reside and Borno, where 10 percent reside. Beside Nigeria Abuwa is found in 17 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 13 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 4 percent reside.

Abuwa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (92%) in Nigeria.

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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 Abuwa
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