Adrawa Surname

303,386th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,250 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Adrawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Adrawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1,2431:31,4074,246
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Adrawa (14) may also be a first name.

Adrawa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Adrawa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Adrawa is most common in Uganda. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Adrawa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Adrawa is the 303,386th most frequently occurring surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 5,830,037 people. Adrawa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Adrawa live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 61 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Adrawa is also the 3,024,661st most commonly used given name globally, held by 14 people.

The surname is most frequent in Uganda, where it is held by 1,243 people, or 1 in 31,407. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Adjumani District, where 58 percent are found, Moyo District, where 36 percent are found and Yumbe District, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account Uganda it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 0 percent are found and Burkina Faso, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hadrawa9242/
Adrawua928/
Adraba8331/
Adrawi8315/
Adrawo839/
Adrawy832/
Adrava831/
Hadrava77868/
Hadraba77363/
Hadrawi77298/
Adraeva7725/
Hadrowa7722/
Adravad776/
Gadrawi775/
Hadrawy775/
Adraïba771/
Adravas771/
Adrawos771/
Adrabai771/
Hadhrawi71280/
Adrouwai7110/
Adrawish714/
Hadrawee712/
Hadraawi711/
Adrabo671,758/
Adrova67331/
Adrabi6761/
Odraba673/
Adraby672/
Adroba672/
Adrave672/
Adrowo671/
Adravi671/

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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 Adrawa
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