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 last name Alawaya occurs more in Niger more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Alawaya.
How Common Is The Last Name Alawaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Alawaya is the 6,723,624th most widely held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. Alawaya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Alawaya are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Alawaya is also the 3,487,849th most commonly used first name at a global level It is held by 11 people.
Alawaya is most frequent in Niger, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 3,198,670. In Niger Alawaya is most common in: Zinder Region, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Niger this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 13 percent are found and Pakistan, where 13 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 Alawaya
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