Abwai Surname
Approximately 184 people bear this surname
Abwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 183 | 1:967,993 | 41,230 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Abwai (29) may also be a first name.
Abwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Abwai is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Abwai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Abwai is the 1,252,959th most numerous last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 39,606,228 people. The surname Abwai occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Abwai live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Abwai is also the 1,951,561st most common given name at a global level, borne by 29 people.
The last name Abwai is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 183 people, or 1 in 967,993. In Nigeria Abwai is mostly concentrated in: Plateau, where 84 percent reside, Bauchi, where 11 percent reside and Osun, where 2 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Abwai
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