Alawo Surname
Approximately 2,574 people bear this surname
Alawo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,803 | 1:98,249 | 6,708 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| DR Congo | 239 | 1:309,120 | 27,984 |
| Benin | 35 | 1:295,303 | 24,440 |
| Uganda | 27 | 1:1,445,899 | 53,777 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| Kenya | 19 | 1:2,430,521 | 36,895 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Alawo (299) may also be a first name.
Alawo Demographics
Alawo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Alawo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alawo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Alawo occurs most in Nigeria. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Alawo.
How Common Is The Last Name Alawo? popularity and diffusion
Alawo is the 167,978th most frequently used last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 2,831,214 people. The surname Alawo is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Alawo live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 509,704th most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 299 people.
The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,803 people, or 1 in 98,249. In Nigeria Alawo is mostly found in: Lagos, where 11 percent reside, Kogi, where 9 percent reside and Niger, where 7 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 16 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 9 percent reside.
Alawo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Alawo surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (62%) in Nigeria.
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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 Alawo
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