Ahawa Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Ahawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Ahawa (421) may also be a first name.
Ahawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ahawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ahawa is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ahawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ahawa is the 4,206,983rd most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ahawa live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 64 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 418,786th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, held by 421 people.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria it is most common in: Ogun, where 50 percent are found, Lagos, where 21 percent are found and Abia, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria Ahawa is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 18 percent are found and Niger, where 14 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
- 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 Ahawa
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