Alawaya Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Alawaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Alawaya (11) may also be a first name.
Alawaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alawaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Alawaya occurs most in Niger. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Alawaya.
How Common Is The Last Name Alawaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Alawaya live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Chadic Africa. Alawaya is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held forename in the world, borne by 11 people.
The last name Alawaya is most frequently held in Niger, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 3,198,670. In Niger Alawaya is most prevalent in: Zinder Region, where 100 percent reside. Barring Niger this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 13 percent reside and Pakistan, where 13 percent reside.
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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 Alawaya
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