Adwai Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Adwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Adwai (4) may also be a first name.
Adwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Adwai is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Adwai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,968,613th most frequently held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Adwai is predominantly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Adwai live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 25 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 6,192,526th most commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 4 people.
The surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 20,769,068. In Cameroon Adwai is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 100 percent live. Barring Cameroon Adwai occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 25 percent live and Nigeria, where 25 percent live.
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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 Adwai
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