Ahuwa Surname
Approximately 355 people bear this surname
Ahuwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 275 | 1:644,155 | 30,300 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
Ahuwa (139) may also be a first name.
Ahuwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ahuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ahuwa is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Ahuwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ahuwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 793,288th most frequently used surname in the world, held by around 1 in 20,528,298 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Ahuwa live; 77 percent live in West Africa and 77 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ahuwa is also the 784,558th most frequently used forename worldwide It is held by 139 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 275 people, or 1 in 644,155. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Abia, where 36 percent live, Benue, where 23 percent live and Lagos, where 11 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 19 percent live and Indonesia, where 2 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 Ahuwa
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