Abwala Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Abwala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 60 | 1:650,655 | 33,621 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Abwala (15) may also be a first name.
Abwala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abwala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Abwala is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Abwala? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,185,341st most widespread last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Abwala reside; 95 percent reside in East Africa and 57 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 15 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is borne by 60 people, or 1 in 650,655. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Katakwi District, where 25 percent reside, Oyam District, where 18 percent reside and Amuria District, where 12 percent reside. Other than Uganda this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 13 percent reside and Iran, where 3 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 Abwala
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