Ajawo Surname
Approximately 376 people bear this surname
Ajawo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 348 | 1:509,031 | 25,276 |
| Uganda | 26 | 1:1,501,511 | 54,973 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Ajawo (74) may also be a first name.
Ajawo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ajawo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ajawo is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ajawo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 760,012th most widely held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 19,381,771 people. Ajawo is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ajawo are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,125,792nd most frequent first name internationally It is held by 74 people.
The surname Ajawo is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 348 people, or 1 in 509,031. In Nigeria Ajawo is most numerous in: Plateau, where 16 percent are found, Osun, where 14 percent are found and Lagos, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria Ajawo exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 7 percent are found and Niger, where 0 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 Ajawo
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