Adawa Surname
Approximately 5,178 people bear this surname
Adawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,679 | 1:105,505 | 7,085 |
| Kenya | 1,625 | 1:28,418 | 3,148 |
| Cameroon | 581 | 1:35,747 | 4,810 |
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Djibouti | 225 | 1:4,066 | 333 |
| Niger | 53 | 1:362,114 | 10,354 |
| Burkina Faso | 34 | 1:539,768 | 7,230 |
| Indonesia | 30 | 1:4,408,306 | 217,989 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Adawa (1,386) may also be a first name.
Adawa Demographics
Adawa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Adawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Adawa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﺩﻭﻩ, Hindi: ाडवा, Marathi: आडवा) is found most in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Adawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Adawa is the 92,303rd most widespread last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 1,407,406 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Adawa live; 53 percent live in West Africa and 43 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 210,279th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 1,386 people.
This surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,679 people, or 1 in 105,505. In Nigeria it is most common in: Benue, where 22 percent live, Niger, where 12 percent live and Imo, where 10 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in 24 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 31 percent live and Cameroon, where 11 percent live.
Adawa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Muslim (100%) in Kenya and Christian (64%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Adawa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Adawa in the Hindi language | ||
| ाडवा | adava | - |
| Adawa in the Marathi language | ||
| आडवा | adava | - |
| Adawa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﺩﻭﻩ | adwh | 33.33 |
| ﺁﺩﻭﻩ | adwh | 33.33 |
| ﺁﺩﻭ | adw | 33.33 |
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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
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- 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 Adawa
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