Adawai Surname
Approximately 73 people bear this surname
Adawai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 52 | 1:3,406,592 | 101,701 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
The alternate forms: Adawaï (5) are calculated separately.
Adawai (20) may also be a first name.
Adawai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adawai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Adawai is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Adawaï. For other possible spellings of Adawai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Adawai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,220,661st most common last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 99,829,396 people. The last name Adawai is predominantly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Adawai are found; 82 percent are found in West Africa and 74 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Adawai is also the 2,446,817th most prevalent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 20 people.
Adawai is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 52 people, or 1 in 3,406,592. In Nigeria Adawai is primarily found in: Delta, where 40 percent are found, Kaduna, where 29 percent are found and Abia, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 15 percent are found and Cameroon, where 4 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
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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 Adawai
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