Abwa Surname
Approximately 2,204 people bear this surname
Abwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,249 | 1:141,828 | 9,083 |
| Cameroon | 343 | 1:60,551 | 7,777 |
| Uganda | 331 | 1:117,943 | 11,292 |
| DR Congo | 233 | 1:317,080 | 28,591 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Austria | 8 | 1:1,064,429 | 75,134 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Iran | 5 | 1:15,356,505 | 213,424 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Kiribati | 1 | 1:113,407 | 1,341 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Abwa (138) may also be a first name.
Abwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Abwa is found most in Nigeria. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 191,276th most frequently occurring family name globally, borne by around 1 in 3,306,509 people. Abwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Abwa live; 57 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Abwa is also the 787,636th most prevalent forename internationally, held by 138 people.
The last name Abwa is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,249 people, or 1 in 141,828. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Kogi, where 43 percent are found, Benue, where 40 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 4 percent are found. Other than Nigeria it exists in 20 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 16 percent are found and Uganda, where 15 percent are found.
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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 Abwa
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